Goshawk

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Updated June 2026

Definition

A large, powerful hawk found across Eurasia and North America, traditionally prized and trained for use in falconry.

“The falconer's goshawk circled the open moorland before diving to catch its prey.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

gos·hawk

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Synonyms

hawk raptorbird of prey

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Wordle

Ends in the unusual -AWK pattern, the H after GOS is easy to miss in Wordle guesses

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Scrabble

Contains K and W, both higher-value tiles, a good Scrabble word if you can place the awkward ending

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Words you can make from Goshawk

Shorter words formed from the letters in “goshawk”.

gawks gowks hawks hawok howks kagos kosha shako washo wokas agos asok gash gawk goas gosh gowk hags hako hask hawk haws hoga hogs

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