Definitions for cusks

cusks cusk

Spelling: [kuhsk]
IPA: /kʌsk/

Cusks is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in cusks (ckssu).

Definitions for cusks

noun

  1. an edible marine fish, Brosme brosme, of North Atlantic coastal waters.
  2. the burbot.

Origin of cusks

1610-20, Americanism; probably variant of tusk kind of fish Scandinavian; compare Norwegian tosk, variant of torsk, cognate with Old Norse thorskr codfish

Examples for cusks

cusk and cod are taken on the shoal and hake from the muddy edges about it.

cusk knows this, of course; she is of the cerebral breed that is used to thinking their way out of any situation.

cusk is so sharply observant that it would probably be terrifying to meet her.

For cusk, it is “a jigsaw dismantled into a heap of broken-edged pieces.”

cusk is a very smart, talented, harsh British writer, and these stories are about people whose lives are loosely connected.

To the consummate writer (as cusk spectacularly is), events like divorce issue a challenge: Own me, comprehend me—write me!

Cod and cusk are taken in the spring, haddock in May and June.

The best season on this ground for cod and cusk is from April to July.

cusk are here most of the year, but the season for pollock is September.

This is said to be a good cod and cusk ground the year round.

Word Value for cusks
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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