Gawker
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A person who stares in a dull or mindless way at something unusual, such as an accident or public spectacle.
“Traffic slowed to a crawl as gawkers craned their necks to see the overturned lorry.”
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Ends in -ER, the AWK cluster in positions 2 to 4 is the distinctive and tricky part to identify
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K scores 5 points, GAWKER builds naturally on GAWK with an -ER suffix for a clean play
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