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Definition of folk

"folk" in the noun sense

1. folk, folks, common people

people in general (often used in the plural

"they're just country folk"

"folks around here drink moonshine"

"the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"

2. tribe, folk

a social division of (usually preliterate) people

3. family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry

people descended from a common ancestor

"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

4. folk music, ethnic music, folk

the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for folk

Greedy folk hae lang airms. [ Scotch Proverb ]

Auld folk are twice bairns. [ Scotch Proverb ]

Rich folk have lots of friends. [ Proverb ]

Remember that in all miseries lamenting becomes fools, and action, wise folk. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

Imagination without culture is crippled and moves slowly; but it can be pure imagination, and rich also, as folk-lore will tell the vainest. [ Ouida ]

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folk in Scrabble®

The word folk is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters folk:

FOLK
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word folk

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folk in Words With Friends™

The word folk is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters folk:

FOLK
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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word folk

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The 35 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In folk

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Words within the letters of folk

2 letter words in folk (1 word)

of

4 letter words in folk (1 word)

folk

folk + 1 blank (2 words)

flockfolks

folk + 2 blanks (3 words)

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Word Growth involving folk

Shorter words in folk

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Longer words containing folk

cityfolk cityfolks

countryfolk countryfolks

folkart

folkish

folklife

folklives

folklore folklores

folklore nonfolklore

folkloric nonfolkloric

folklorist folklorists nonfolklorists

folklorist nonfolklorist nonfolklorists

folks cityfolks

folks countryfolks

folks folksier

folks folksiest

folks folksily

folks folksiness

folks folksinger folksingers

folks folksinging

folks folksong folksongs

folks folksy

folks gentlefolks

folks hillfolks

folks kinfolks

folks kinsfolks

folks seafolks

folks shopfolks

folks townfolks

folks townsfolks

folks tradesfolks

folks womenfolks

folktale folktales

gentlefolk gentlefolks

hillfolk hillfolks

kinfolk kinfolks

kinsfolk kinsfolks

menfolk womenfolk womenfolks

nonfolk nonfolklore

nonfolk nonfolkloric

nonfolk nonfolklorist nonfolklorists

seafolk seafolks

shopfolk shopfolks

townfolk townfolks

townsfolk townsfolks

tradesfolk tradesfolks