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rook

noun verb

Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

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Word length
4
Starts with
R
Ends with
K
Contains
OO
Scrabble score
8

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noun

  1. Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

noun

  1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

verb

  1. Deprive of by deceit

    “He swindled me out of my inheritance”

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He swindled me out of my inheritance
She defrauded the customers who trusted her

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