ATUA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. ATUA 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ATUA?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATUA is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATUA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
atuasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ATUA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ATUA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does ATUA mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
A spirit, god, or supernatural ancestor in Polynesian belief, as used in Maori and other Pacific traditions.
An atua is not a named deity like Zeus but the general term itself, covering ancestral spirits, gods of nature, and other supernatural beings honoured across Polynesian cultures. English writers describing Maori and Pacific island religion borrow the word directly rather than translate it, since no single English term covers the same range of meaning.
How ATUA is used
Appears mainly in writing about Polynesian, especially Maori, culture and religion; not used for the Christian God.
- The carving on the meeting house represented a guardian atua of the tribe.
- Early missionaries argued that the atua of the forest were not gods in the Christian sense.
- She explained that every mountain and river had its own atua in the old belief.
- The chief claimed descent from a powerful atua of the sea.
- Visitors were told the carved figure was an atua watching over the village.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATUA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ATUA
1 longer words begin with ATUA.
Words ending in ATUA
3 words end in ATUA. Useful as a back hook: play ATUA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ATUA inside
12 words contain ATUA in the middle. Words that start with ATUA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ATUA
Common questions about ATUA
- Is ATUA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ATUA is not in it.
- How many points is ATUA worth?
- ATUA is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATUA mean?
- A spirit, god, or supernatural ancestor in Polynesian belief, as used in Maori and other Pacific traditions.
- What letters can be added to ATUA?
- ATUA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ATUA:
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