Gawked

6 lettersverbmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Past tense of gawk, meaning stared in an open-mouthed or stupefied manner at something surprising or remarkable.

“Passers-by gawked at the enormous crane lifting a grand piano to the fifth floor.”

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Synonyms

stared gaped ogledgoggledrubbernecked

Antonyms

ignoredoverlooked

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Wordle

The AWK trigram in the middle is an unusual cluster, G and D at the extremes are common Wordle letters

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K scores 5 points, a rewarding past-tense form that clears a K tile while scoring solidly

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “gawked”.

wadge waged waked aged aked awed dawe dawk egad gade gaed gawk wade wage wake weak weka

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