DAK is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DAK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAK?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAK is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
daksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAK scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DAK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does DAK mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The system of post carried by relays of runners or horses in India.
Dak was how mail and travellers moved across the subcontinent before the railways: fresh bearers every few miles, through the day and the night. The word survives in dak bungalow, a rest house on such a route, and those buildings outlasted the system by a century.
How DAK is used
Uncountable: sent by dak. Also spelled dawk. Historical.
- The letter went by dak and took eleven days.
- A dak bungalow stood at the end of every stage.
- The dak ran through the night and changed bearers at dawn.
- Railways ended the dak within a generation.
- The word dak survives in the name of the rest houses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DAK
13 longer words begin with DAK.
Words with DAK inside
13 words contain DAK in the middle. Words that start with DAK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DAK
Common questions about DAK
- Is DAK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAK, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAK worth?
- DAK is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAK mean?
- The system of post carried by relays of runners or horses in India.
- What letters can be added to DAK?
- DAK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DAK:
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