AKARA is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. AKARA is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 9 points there.
Which word lists accept AKARA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AKARA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AKARA
No single letter turns AKARA into another word.
How AKARA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AKARA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 149,380.
What stands out about AKARA
- AKARA 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 AKARA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A snack fritter of ground black-eyed peas, fried and eaten in West Africa and the Caribbean.
Akara takes its name from Yoruba cooking in what is now Nigeria, where cooks grind soaked beans into a paste, season it, and fry spoonfuls until the outside turns crisp. The same technique travelled across the Atlantic during the era of the slave trade, producing close relatives such as Brazil's acaraje under a different name. In Trinidad, cooks sometimes swap in mashed fish for the beans, keeping the frying method but changing the main ingredient. The word entered English as a loanword tied to this one dish rather than to fried snacks generally.
How AKARA is used
Names a specific dish; used mainly in writing about West African and Caribbean cooking.
- Street vendors sold akara wrapped in paper for breakfast.
- She soaked the beans overnight before making akara.
- Akara in Trinidad is sometimes made with fish instead of beans.
- The cookbook traced akara back to West African cooking traditions.
- A plate of akara and pepper sauce made a simple breakfast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AKARA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AKARA
Common questions about AKARA
- Is AKARA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AKARA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AKARA worth?
- AKARA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AKARA mean?
- A snack fritter of ground black-eyed peas, fried and eaten in West Africa and the Caribbean.
- What letters can be added to AKARA?
- No single letter can be added to AKARA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AKARA:
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