EIK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. EIK 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept EIK?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EIK is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EIK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EIK scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EIK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does EIK mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsarchaic
To piece out a small store of goods, wages or cloth by working a further quantity into it.
Eik is a Scots spelling variant of eke, describing the act of stretching out a small store of goods, money or cloth by adding more to it. It is met mainly in older Scots writing and dialect speech.
How EIK is used
Archaic and Scots; a dialect variant of eke.
- The tailor would eik the coat with an extra strip of cloth.
- She tried to eik her wages with evening sewing work.
- The old record shows the villagers did eik the common store before winter.
- He asked the smith to eik the handle so it would fit his grip.
- The ballad tells how the miller did eik his flour with barley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EIK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EIK
6 longer words begin with EIK.
Words ending in EIK
7 words end in EIK. Useful as a back hook: play EIK onto a word already on the board.
Words with EIK inside
Showing 24 of 31 words that contain EIK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EIK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EIK
Common questions about EIK
- Is EIK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EIK is not in it.
- How many points is EIK worth?
- EIK is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EIK mean?
- To piece out a small store of goods, wages or cloth by working a further quantity into it.
- What letters can be added to EIK?
- EIK takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EIK:
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