EKE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. EKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EKE?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EKE is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 8.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EKE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,450.
What stands out about EKE
- EKE is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EKE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make something last by using it sparingly.
Eke survives in one construction and the older sense is the opposite of what most people assume: it meant to increase rather than to stretch. The same root gives an old word for also, which is why an eke-name became a nickname once the n moved across.
How EKE is used
Transitive, nearly always with out — eke out the supplies.
- They eked the coal out until March.
- He ekes a living from two days of work a week.
- To eke it out is not the same as having enough.
- The original sense of eke was to add to something.
- A nickname was once an eke-name, meaning an added one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EKE
The 3 tiles of EKE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EKE
2 longer words begin with EKE.
Words ending in EKE
10 words end in EKE. Useful as a back hook: play EKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with EKE inside
Showing 24 of 127 words that contain EKE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EKE
Common questions about EKE
- Is EKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EKE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EKE worth?
- EKE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EKE mean?
- To make something last by using it sparingly.
- What letters can be added to EKE?
- EKE takes 6 hooks: 4 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EKE:
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