creek: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with C · ends with K
Meaning of creek
noun
- UK
A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.
- UK
The inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
- Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US
A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
Any turn or winding.
Listed forms: creeks, crick, crike, cryke, crik.
Source: Wiktionary — creek.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is creek in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of creek
C(3) + R(1) + E(1) + E(1) + K(5) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of creek
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from creek
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