ARIKI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 9 points
It depends on the list you play by. ARIKI 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 9 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ARIKI?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARIKI is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARIKI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
arikisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARIKI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ARIKI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does ARIKI mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicaltechnical
A hereditary paramount chief in Māori and other Polynesian societies, especially in the Cook Islands.
An ariki traced authority through descent from a senior ancestral line rather than through election or conquest, and the title carried both political and sacred weight within the community. The Cook Islands still recognise ariki as formal traditional leaders alongside the modern government. Related titles exist across Polynesia, though the exact powers attached to ariki vary from island to island.
How ARIKI is used
Used as a neutral term in accounts of Māori and Polynesian social structure; not a translation but a borrowed title.
- The ariki opened the ceremony with a formal welcome.
- Descent from the senior line gave the ariki his standing.
- Several ariki still sit on the Cook Islands house of chiefs.
- The village consulted its ariki before any major decision.
- Genealogists traced the ariki's line back many generations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARIKI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARIKI
1 longer words begin with ARIKI.
Words ending in ARIKI
1 words end in ARIKI. Useful as a back hook: play ARIKI onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARIKI inside
1 words contain ARIKI in the middle. Words that start with ARIKI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARIKI
Common questions about ARIKI
- Is ARIKI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ARIKI is not in it.
- How many points is ARIKI worth?
- ARIKI is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARIKI mean?
- A hereditary paramount chief in Māori and other Polynesian societies, especially in the Cook Islands.
- What letters can be added to ARIKI?
- ARIKI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ARIKI:
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