Definition of DRAKE

drake

Plural: drakes

Noun

  • A male duck.
  • English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
  • adult male of a wild or domestic duck
  • A male duck.
  • A mayfly used as fishing bait.
  • A dragon.
  • A small piece of artillery.
  • A fiery meteor.
  • A beaked galley, or Viking warship.

Examples

  • He proudly played "DRAKE" for a double-letter score, feeling like a word wizard.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), from Old English *draca, abbreviated form for Old English *andraca (“male duck, drake”, literally “duck-king”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet.

Synonyms

Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake, drake fly

Scrabble Score: 10

drake: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
drake: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drake: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

drake: valid Words With Friends Word