folk: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 11 letter points · starts with F · ends with K
Meaning of folk
noun
- collective, countable, plural, uncountable
People, persons.
Example: There were a lot of folk in the streets.
- collective, countable, plural, uncountable, usually
One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
Example: I need to call my folks back home.
- archaic, countable
A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
Listed forms: folks, vok, volk, volge, volke.
Source: Wiktionary — folk.
adj
- not-comparable
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
- not-comparable
Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
- not-comparable
Of or related to local building materials and styles.
- not-comparable
Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically or ideologically correct or rigorous.
Example: folk psychology; folk linguistics
Listed forms: vok, volk, volge, volke.
Source: Wiktionary — folk.
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 folk.
noun
people in general (often used in the plural)
- folks
- common people
noun
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
noun
people descended from a common ancestor
noun
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
- folk music
- ethnic music
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is folk in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of folk
F(4) + O(1) + L(1) + 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 folk
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 folk
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in folk. Showing up to 24, longest first.