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wreak

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Is wreak a Scrabble word?

Yes, wreak is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of wreak?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.Examples: "The earthquake wreaked havoc in the city."; "She wreaked her anger on his car."; "On the Saturday, October 1, the torrential rains began to wreak damage east of Exeter."transitive

2. (archaic) To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.Examples: "The police abused their authority to wreak an innocent."; "The criminal has been wreaked by the Judge to spend a year in prison."; "Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to wreak a grudge of seventeen years."archaic

3. (archaic) To inflict or take vengeance on.Examples: "their woe / Broods maddening inwardly and scorns to wreak / Itself abroad;"; "So tho' I scarce can ask it thee for hate, / Grant me some knight to do the battle for me, / Kill the foul thief, and wreak me for my son."; "At heart they hate their horrid fates, and so wreak their poor spite on me who stand for everything they have not, and for all they most crave and never can attain."archaic

4. (archaic) To take vengeance for.Examples: "Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain."archaic

5. (intransitive) Misspelling of reek.Examples: "She wreaked of liquor. She also wreaked of anger, despair and unsatisfied sexuality, all mixed together."alt-ofintransitivemisspelling

noun (English)

1. (archaic, literary) Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.Examples: "VVhat barbarous mindes for grieuance more than needs, Vnnaturallie ſeeks wreake vpon their Lord, Their true annointed Prince, their lawfull king:"; "Would that before my death I might but see my son The empery in my stead over the people hold And rush upon his foes and take on them his wreak, At push of sword and pike, in fury uncontrolled."; "However, no thought touch'd Minerva's mind, That any one should escape his wreak design'd."archaicliterary

2. (archaic, literary) Punishment; retribution; payback.Examples: "Of a surety none murdered the damsel but I; take her wreak on me this moment; for, an thou do not thus, I will require it of thee before Almighty Allah."archaicliterary

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "wreak"?

Scrabble
12 points
W4
R1
E1
A1
K5
Words With Friends
12 points
W4
R1
E1
A1
K5

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