AUK is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. AUK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUK?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUK is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUK scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AUK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does AUK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A black and white sea bird with short wings.
Auks swim better than they fly, and one of them — the great auk — could not fly at all, which is why it was extinct by 1844. The survivors nest on cliffs in enormous numbers and spend the rest of the year out of sight of land entirely.
How AUK is used
Countable: an auk, two auks.
- The auk uses its wings underwater more than in the air.
- A colony of auks fills the whole cliff by May.
- The great auk was flightless and gone by 1844.
- An auk on land looks badly designed and is not.
- Two auks on a ledge is a nest site.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUK
3 longer words begin with AUK.
Words ending in AUK
5 words end in AUK. Useful as a back hook: play AUK onto a word already on the board.
Words with AUK inside
20 words contain AUK in the middle. Words that start with AUK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AUK
Common questions about AUK
- Is AUK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUK, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUK worth?
- AUK is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUK mean?
- A black and white sea bird with short wings.
- What letters can be added to AUK?
- AUK takes 5 hooks: 4 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AUK:
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