DONKO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. DONKO 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DONKO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DONKO is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DONKO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
donkosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DONKO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DONKO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 112,035.
What does DONKO mean in Scrabble?
noun
New Zealandinformal
An informal room for taking a break at a factory or wharf.
Donko is New Zealand workplace slang for the room where staff take a break, most often at a factory, freezing works or wharf. The word names the room itself rather than the break, so people go to the donko rather than take a donko. It sits alongside other New Zealand terms for a workplace break room and has stayed mostly spoken rather than written. Outside New Zealand the word is not used at all.
How DONKO is used
New Zealand informal; names the room, not the break itself.
- The workers headed for the donko as soon as the whistle blew.
- A donko at the freezing works had one table and a kettle.
- She left her lunch in the donko and had to go back for it.
- The wharf donko was cold long before winter set in.
- Nobody outside New Zealand seems to know the word donko.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DONKO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DONKO
The 5 tiles of DONKO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DONKO
1 longer words begin with DONKO.
Shorter words from the letters in DONKO
Common questions about DONKO
- Is DONKO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DONKO is not in it.
- How many points is DONKO worth?
- DONKO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DONKO mean?
- An informal room for taking a break at a factory or wharf.
- What letters can be added to DONKO?
- DONKO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DONKO:
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