DUKKA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. DUKKA 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 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DUKKA?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUKKA is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUKKA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUKKA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DUKKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. DUKKA needs 1 blank tile.
What does DUKKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
An Egyptian mixture of roasted nuts, seeds and spices, ground together and eaten as a dip with bread and oil.
Dukka is a dry, crumbly blend of ingredients such as hazelnuts, sesame seeds, coriander and cumin, roasted and crushed rather than turned into a paste. In Egypt it is traditionally set out with bread and olive oil, so diners dip the bread first in oil and then in the spiced mix. The recipe varies from family to family, so no two batches of dukka taste quite the same, and the word has also spread into English cookbooks as dukkah.
How DUKKA is used
A culinary term, increasingly familiar outside Egypt through cookbooks and recipes calling for dukka or dukkah.
- She served warm bread with olive oil and dukka.
- The recipe asked for a spoonful of dukka on the roasted carrots.
- He roasted his own dukka from hazelnuts and cumin seed.
- A jar of dukka sat on the kitchen shelf.
- Dipping bread in dukka is a common way to start the meal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUKKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUKKA
3 longer words begin with DUKKA.
Shorter words from the letters in DUKKA
Common questions about DUKKA
- Is DUKKA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DUKKA is not in it.
- How many points is DUKKA worth?
- DUKKA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUKKA mean?
- An Egyptian mixture of roasted nuts, seeds and spices, ground together and eaten as a dip with bread and oil.
- What letters can be added to DUKKA?
- DUKKA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DUKKA:
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