Drakes

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Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of drake, referring to the surname of the renowned 16th-century English admiral Sir Francis Drake, the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.

“The history class studied the Drakes of Elizabethan England, focusing on the admiral's famous voyage.”

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Synonyms

male ducks

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Wordle

Starts with DR and ends in -AKES, shares letters with DRAPE and BRAKE

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Scrabble

Scores 11 points, the K adds solid value and the S provides a clean hook from DRAKE

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brakes crakes drapes

Words you can make from Drakes

Shorter words formed from the letters in “drakes”.

asked asker daker dares darks dears drake dreks eskar kaser kedar kesar radek raked rakes rased reads reaks reask saker sekar aked aker akre

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7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “drakes”.

darkens darkest debarks

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