CHAKALAKA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 22 points

It depends on the list you play by. CHAKALAKA 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 22 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept CHAKALAKA?

Word power: 37 / 100

Our own measure of how useful CHAKALAKA is to know. It scores 22 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for CHAKALAKA

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How CHAKALAKA scores

Face value of the 9 tiles in CHAKALAKA, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. CHAKALAKA needs 1 blank tile.

What stands out about CHAKALAKA

• The letter A appears four times in CHAKALAKA.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with CHAKALAKA

1 longer words begin with CHAKALAKA.

Shorter words from the letters in CHAKALAKA

Common questions about CHAKALAKA

Is CHAKALAKA valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CHAKALAKA is not in it.

How many points is CHAKALAKA worth?

CHAKALAKA is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to CHAKALAKA?

CHAKALAKA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.