Scrabble and Words with Friends

• SHANK is a valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• SHANK is a valid Words with Friends word worth 12 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• SHANK is a 5 letter word containing the letters a, h, k, n, s.

Definitions

• shank

  noun a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

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• shank

  noun the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

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• shank

  noun cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

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• shank

  noun cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head

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• shank

  noun cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill

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• shank

  noun the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

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• shank

  noun lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

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• shank

  noun a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball

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• shank

  verb hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction

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• Lookup SHANK using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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