parka

Plural: parkas

Noun

a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.

Origin / Etymology

1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language.

Synonyms

anorak, windbreaker, windcheater

Scrabble Score: 11

parka is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
parka is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
parka is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

parka is a valid Words With Friends word