ANGAKOK is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ANGAKOK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANGAKOK?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANGAKOK is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANGAKOK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
angakoksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANGAKOK scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ANGAKOK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. ANGAKOK needs 1 blank tile.
What does ANGAKOK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A shaman or healer in Inuit communities who deals with the spirit world.
An angakok was believed to travel between worlds, advise on hunting and cure illness. The word comes from Inuit languages and turns up in older travel writing and anthropology.
How ANGAKOK is used
Used in writing about Arctic cultures and their traditional beliefs.
- The angakok chanted through the night to heal the sick child.
- Villagers consulted the angakok before the hunt.
- Early explorers wrote about a powerful angakok they met in Greenland.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANGAKOK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANGAKOK
1 longer words begin with ANGAKOK.
Shorter words from the letters in ANGAKOK
Common questions about ANGAKOK
- Is ANGAKOK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANGAKOK, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANGAKOK worth?
- ANGAKOK is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANGAKOK mean?
- A shaman or healer in Inuit communities who deals with the spirit world.
- What letters can be added to ANGAKOK?
- ANGAKOK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ANGAKOK:
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