Definitions for orc

orc orc

Spelling: [awrk]
IPA: /ɔrk/

Orc is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 12 anagrams from letters in orc (cor).

Definitions for orc

noun

  1. any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
  2. a mythical monster, as an ogre.

Origin of orc

First recorded in 1510-20, orc is from the Latin word orca

Examples for orc

orc is heard raging on Mount Atlas, where he is chained down with the chain of jealousy.

But with the dawn of that morning orc descended in fire, “and in the vineyards of red France appeared the light of his fury.”

The battle with the orc is borrowed from the tale of Perseus.

But there will be a little bit of orc killing to be seen in the extended cut.

The prelude is the lament of a nameless shadowy female, who rises from out the breast of orc.

One merely gathers, that orc releases himself in order to marry the shadowy daughter of Urthona,—Ah!

There are a few orc killings that we actually got knocked back.

Word Value for orc
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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