WRECK
What does "WRECK" mean?
The remains of something that has been badly damaged or destroyed, especially a ship.
Meanings
- A ship, vehicle, or structure destroyed or disabled, or its broken remains. Divers explored the wreck lying on the seabed.
- A person in very poor physical or emotional condition. By the end of exams she was a nervous wreck. informal
- To destroy, ruin, or severely damage something. One bad decision wrecked the whole project.
Did you know?
- UNESCO estimates that over three million shipwrecks rest on the world's ocean floors - most of them never located, charted, or explored.
Word origin
From Anglo-Norman 'wrec', from Old Norse 'rek' (driftwood, wreckage), from a root meaning 'to drive'; English added the silent W, linking it visually to 'wrack' and 'wreak'.
Remember it
WRECK shares its silent W with 'wrack' and 'wreak' - the W-R words of things gone wrong.
A little poem
Ribs of a lost hull-
fish drift through the captain's room,
the sea keeps the log.
haiku
Wordplay
- I called myself a wreck after the long week, but at least I wasn't underwater - just emotionally.
What it teaches
Every wreck was once seaworthy; ruin is not a separate thing but a working thing that ran out of luck.
Quick facts
What does WRECK mean?
The remains of something that has been badly damaged or destroyed, especially a ship.
Is WRECK a valid word?
Yes — WRECK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WRECK?
WRECK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does WRECK come from?
From Anglo-Norman 'wrec', from Old Norse 'rek' (driftwood, wreckage), from a root meaning 'to drive'; English added the silent W, linking it visually to 'wrack' and 'wreak'.
What can WRECK teach us?
Every wreck was once seaworthy; ruin is not a separate thing but a working thing that ran out of luck.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.