conker
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
Definition of conker
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(British)A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers.
“His bald spot gleams like a burnished conker.”
“Unboxing conkers? What on earth are you talking about? Oh wow, you really are out of the loop, aren’t you? Gen Zers are taking to TikTok to film themselves unpeeling conkers from their spiky capsules.”
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noun
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(British)A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers.
“His bald spot gleams like a burnished conker.”
“Unboxing conkers? What on earth are you talking about? Oh wow, you really are out of the loop, aren’t you? Gen Zers are taking to TikTok to film themselves unpeeling conkers from their spiky capsules.”
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(alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of kankar.
“The roads are not exceeded by any throughout India; hard conker pounded, makes them as level as a table.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From 19th-century dialect conker (“snail-shell”); the game of conkers was originally played using snail-shells; from conch + -er or a variant of conquer.
Words you can make from conker
45 playable · top: RECKON (12 pts)
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4 words4-letter words
16 words3-letter words
15 words2-letter words
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