HAKA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. HAKA 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 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept HAKA?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAKA is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAKA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAKA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HAKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does HAKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Maori ceremonial dance with chanting.
A haka is not only a war dance: there are haka for welcome, for funerals and for celebration, and the famous one is a single example. New Zealand teams have performed it before matches for well over a century.
How HAKA is used
Countable; the plural is haka or hakas.
- A haka for a funeral is not the same as one for a match.
- The word haka is Maori and was kept unchanged.
- Not every haka is a war dance.
- Two haka performed on the same afternoon for different reasons.
- The famous haka is one of a great many.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAKA
5 longer words begin with HAKA.
Words with HAKA inside
12 words contain HAKA in the middle. Words that start with HAKA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HAKA
Common questions about HAKA
- Is HAKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAKA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAKA worth?
- HAKA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAKA mean?
- A Maori ceremonial dance with chanting.
- What letters can be added to HAKA?
- HAKA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HAKA:
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