crank is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Adjective (COMPARABLE)

Comparative Superlative
cranker crankest
    (slang) Strange, weird, odd.
    Sick; unwell.
    • Synonym: infirm
    (nautical of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.

Noun (COUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
crank cranks
    A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
    • I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.
    The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
    • Yes, a crank was all it needed to start.
    (archaic) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
crank cranks cranking cranked cranked
    (transitive) To turn by means of a crank.
    • Motorists had to crank their engine by hand.
    (intransitive) To turn a crank.
    • He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.
    (intransitive of a crank or similar) To turn.
    • He's been cranking all day and yet it refuses to crank.

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crank is a Scrabble valid word

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crank is an iScramble, QuickWords valid word

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