DUKE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DUKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUKE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUKE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUKE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DUKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does DUKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A nobleman of the highest rank below a prince.
Duke came from a Latin word for a leader, the same one behind an Italian title that a twentieth-century dictator took as a name. The slang about fists is rhyming slang and unrelated.
How DUKE is used
Countable: a duke, two dukes.
- A duke outranks a marquess and answers to nobody else.
- The word duke comes from a Latin one for a leader.
- Put up your dukes is rhyming slang and separate.
- Two dukes in one county is a historical accident.
- The root behind duke gave an Italian title to a dictator.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUKE
10 longer words begin with DUKE.
Words ending in DUKE
1 words end in DUKE. Useful as a back hook: play DUKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with DUKE inside
3 words contain DUKE in the middle. Words that start with DUKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DUKE
Common questions about DUKE
- Is DUKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUKE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUKE worth?
- DUKE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUKE mean?
- A nobleman of the highest rank below a prince.
- What letters can be added to DUKE?
- DUKE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DUKE:
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