duck: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 11 letter points · starts with D · ends with K
Meaning of duck
verb
- transitive
To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
- transitive
To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
- intransitive
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
- intransitive
To bow.
Listed forms: ducks, ducking, ducked.
Source: Wiktionary — duck.
noun
A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace.
Listed forms: ducks.
Source: Wiktionary — duck.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Any of certain aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet, distinguished from swans and geese by generally being smaller and shorter-necked.
- countable, uncountable
Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
- uncountable
The flesh of a duck used as food.
- countable, uncountable
A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (Short for duck's egg.)
Listed forms: ducks, ducke.
Source: Wiktionary — duck.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for duck.
noun
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
- duck's egg
verb
dip into a liquid
verb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is duck in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of duck
D(2) + U(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of duck
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from duck
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