AKEE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AKEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AKEE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AKEE is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AKEE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AKEE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AKEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,601.
What does AKEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A West African fruit widely eaten in Jamaica.
Akee is safe only after it has opened on the tree; before that it is genuinely poisonous. The name arrived with the plant itself, and the national dish built round it pairs the flesh with salted cod.
How AKEE is used
Countable and uncountable. Also spelled ackee.
- Akee is cooked with saltfish in the national dish.
- The word akee came from a West African language.
- An akee must open on the tree before it is safe.
- Two akees from the same tree ripen days apart.
- Unripe akee is genuinely poisonous.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AKEE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AKEE
1 longer words begin with AKEE.
Words ending in AKEE
1 words end in AKEE. Useful as a back hook: play AKEE onto a word already on the board.
Words with AKEE inside
13 words contain AKEE in the middle. Words that start with AKEE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AKEE
Common questions about AKEE
- Is AKEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AKEE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AKEE worth?
- AKEE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AKEE mean?
- A West African fruit widely eaten in Jamaica.
- What letters can be added to AKEE?
- AKEE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AKEE:
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