DECKO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. DECKO 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DECKO?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DECKO is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DECKO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
deckosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DECKO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DECKO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does DECKO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritishAustralian
A quick, informal look at something.
Decko began as forces slang, most likely built on the Hindi word dekho, meaning look, which soldiers carried home from India. The word settled into British and Australian informal speech in the phrase have a decko, where it means take a glance rather than study carefully. A less common spelling, dekko, comes from the same source.
How DECKO is used
Almost always follows have a; countable as a decko, two deckos.
- Give us a decko at what you found.
- He took a quick decko round the corner before crossing.
- She had a decko at the letter and put it down again.
- A decko was all he needed to know the tyre was flat.
- They stopped for a decko at the map before driving on.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DECKO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DECKO
The 5 tiles of DECKO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DECKO
3 longer words begin with DECKO.
Shorter words from the letters in DECKO
Common questions about DECKO
- Is DECKO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DECKO is not in it.
- How many points is DECKO worth?
- DECKO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DECKO mean?
- A quick, informal look at something.
- What letters can be added to DECKO?
- DECKO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DECKO:
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