Yes, funks is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Draw back, as with fear or pain

Noun

1. A state of nervous depression

2. United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)

3. An earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar