ABAKA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ABAKA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABAKA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABAKA is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABAKA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABAKA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ABAKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 448,140.
What stands out about ABAKA
- ABAKA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABAKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A variant spelling of abaca, a banana-like plant of the Philippines whose leaf fiber is woven into rope, cloth, and paper known as Manila hemp.
Abaka refers to the same plant more commonly spelled abaca, which resembles a banana tree but is grown for its strong leaf-stalk fiber rather than its fruit. Workers strip the long fibers from the stalks and dry them for use in ropes, mats, and a durable paper still valued for tea bags and currency. The plant is native to the Philippines, and Philippine growers remain the world's leading source of the fiber. Because the fiber resists saltwater damage, abaka fiber was long prized for ships' rigging.
How ABAKA is used
Noun, an alternate spelling of abaca; used mainly in writing about Philippine agriculture and traditional fiber crafts.
- Farmers harvested abaka stalks for their tough fiber.
- The rope was woven from strands of abaka.
- Abaka fiber resists rotting even after long exposure to seawater.
- Local weavers turned dried abaka into fine cloth.
- Philippine plantations still export abaka to paper makers abroad.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABAKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABAKA
1 longer words begin with ABAKA.
Words ending in ABAKA
1 words end in ABAKA. Useful as a back hook: play ABAKA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ABAKA inside
1 words contain ABAKA in the middle. Words that start with ABAKA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ABAKA
Common questions about ABAKA
- Is ABAKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABAKA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABAKA worth?
- ABAKA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABAKA mean?
- A variant spelling of abaca, a banana-like plant of the Philippines whose leaf fiber is woven into rope, cloth, and paper known as Manila hemp.
- What letters can be added to ABAKA?
- ABAKA takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ABAKA:
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