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Is tonk a Scrabble word?

Yes, tonk is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) No
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends No

What is the meaning of tonk?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (slang, derogatory, chiefly US) An illegal immigrant of any country.Examples: "1990: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee - An agent, Larry Moy, when asked to define the derivation of the term “tonk,” replied: “...it's the sound of flashlight hitting somebody's head, tonk". [This "derivation" is incorrect - see Etymology]"; "1998: Cirenio Rodriguez & Enrique T Trueba, Leadership, education and political action, in Ethnic Identity and Power: Cultural Contexts of Political Action in School and Society - "Catch as many tonks as you guys can. Safely. An alien is not worth busting a leg.""; "2005: EMF (poster on The QandO Blog in response to Illegal immigration made easy, read at https://web.archive.org/web/20060528001651/http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=789 on 27 May 2006) - The pissed off Arizona land owner who snipes the tonks with a high powered rifle."USderogatoryslang

noun (English)

1. (slang) An item or items of value, or of perceived value, especially for sale.Examples: "How much tonk have we got to shift?"countableslanguncountable

noun (English)

1. (cricket, colloquial) A resounding strike of the ball; a powerful hit of the ball with the bat.colloquial

verb (English)

1. (cricket, colloquial, transitive) To knock or strike (a ball) so that it flies through the air.Examples: "Then your dad would step up and spend 45 minutes repeatedly tonking the ball over the shower block […]"; "Moments later, Sehwag tonked the ball and it travelled some distance."colloquialtransitive

noun (English)

1. (slang) A tank.slang

adj (English)

1. (slang, UK) Big, muscular, massive.Examples: "In this new paradigm of masculine excellence, anyone can achieve physical perfection if they put in the hours. It is an aspirational narrative, accompanied by a specific vernacular. Men are hench, wammo or tonk. […] Whereas the vest-wearing action stars of the 80s needed physical strength to hoik themselves into lift shafts and avert terrorism, today’s uber-tonk males wear their six-packs like beautiful, pointless feathers: this is a cosmetic muscularity, rather than a functional one."Synonyms: hench, able-bodied, athletic, Atlantean, beefy, beefed out, brawny, brolicUKslang

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "tonk"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "tonk"?

Scrabble
8 points
T1
O1
N1
K5
Words With Friends
9 points
T1
O1
N2
K5

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