ADUKI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. ADUKI is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept ADUKI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADUKI is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADUKI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
adukisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADUKI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ADUKI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does ADUKI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small, dark red edible bean, also spelled adzuki or azuki, grown widely in East Asia.
The aduki bean was first cultivated in East Asia and is used both as a savoury ingredient and, sweetened into a paste, as a filling for cakes and buns. English spelling of the word was never fixed, so aduki, adzuki and azuki all name the same plant and the same bean, with the j-spelling now the most common outside specialist writing.
How ADUKI is used
Countable as a foodstuff; the name aduki covers the plant as well as the bean itself.
- The soup was thickened with soaked aduki beans.
- Sweetened aduki paste fills the little steamed buns.
- Farmers rotate aduki with rice on the same fields.
- The recipe called for a cup of dried aduki, not lentils.
- She could not remember whether the packet said aduki or adzuki.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADUKI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADUKI
1 longer words begin with ADUKI.
Shorter words from the letters in ADUKI
Common questions about ADUKI
- Is ADUKI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADUKI, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADUKI worth?
- ADUKI is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADUKI mean?
- A small, dark red edible bean, also spelled adzuki or azuki, grown widely in East Asia.
- What letters can be added to ADUKI?
- ADUKI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ADUKI:
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