daywork
Plural: dayworks
Noun
- Work performed and paid for on a daily basis.
- The work done in a day; a day's work.
- The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
- Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
- Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.
Examples
- For some professional Scrabble players, playing is their daily work.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English daywork, daywerk, from Old English dæġweorc, from Proto-West Germanic *dagawerk, from Proto-Germanic *dagawerką. By surface analysis, day + work.
Scrabble Score: 18
daywork: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddaywork: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
daywork: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
daywork: valid Words With Friends Word