AZUKI is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 18 points
Yes for Scrabble. AZUKI is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept AZUKI?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AZUKI is to know. It scores 18 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AZUKI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
azukisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AZUKI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AZUKI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 232,369.
What does AZUKI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small reddish bean used in East Asian cooking, especially in sweet pastes and desserts.
Azuki, also spelled adzuki, names the bean Vigna angularis, widely grown in Japan, China, and Korea. It is most familiar outside Asia as the basis of sweet red bean paste used to fill pastries and desserts.
How AZUKI is used
Common in cookery writing; frequently seen as azuki bean or adzuki bean.
- She simmered azuki beans into a sweet paste for the buns.
- The recipe calls for a cup of dried azuki.
- Azuki paste fills the center of the mochi.
- He grew rows of azuki in his vegetable garden.
- The soup combined rice with azuki and squash.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AZUKI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AZUKI
1 longer words begin with AZUKI.
Shorter words from the letters in AZUKI
Common questions about AZUKI
- Is AZUKI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AZUKI is not in it.
- How many points is AZUKI worth?
- AZUKI is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AZUKI mean?
- A small reddish bean used in East Asian cooking, especially in sweet pastes and desserts.
- What letters can be added to AZUKI?
- AZUKI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AZUKI:
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