GEEK is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GEEK 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 GEEK?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GEEK is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GEEK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GEEK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GEEK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,804.
What does GEEK mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person with an obsessive specialist interest.
Geek named a carnival performer who bit the heads off live chickens before it meant anything else, and the computing sense is only from the 1980s. Few words have travelled that far that fast.
How GEEK is used
Countable: a geek, two geeks. Informal.
- A geek about railway timetables and proud of it.
- The word geek named a carnival performer first.
- Two geeks in one office and one very long argument.
- Geeky is now almost a compliment.
- The computing sense of geek is from the 1980s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GEEK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GEEK
16 longer words begin with GEEK.
Shorter words from the letters in GEEK
Common questions about GEEK
- Is GEEK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GEEK, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GEEK worth?
- GEEK is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GEEK mean?
- A person with an obsessive specialist interest.
- What letters can be added to GEEK?
- GEEK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GEEK:
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