HAKAM is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. HAKAM 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 HAKAM?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAKAM is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAKAM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hakamsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAKAM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HAKAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does HAKAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A sage or learned teacher in the Jewish tradition, especially one recognised as an authority on religious law.
A hakam earns the title through learning rather than birth, and the word is closely related to the Hebrew term for a wise man or rabbinic scholar. In Sephardic Jewish communities a hakam could serve much the same role as a rabbi, teaching and settling questions of religious law. Reference works also record a broader sense, where hakam simply means a wise or judicious person.
How HAKAM is used
Encountered in discussions of Jewish religious and scholarly life, chiefly in Sephardic communities.
- The community turned to the hakam whenever a dispute needed a learned judgment.
- Her grandfather had trained as a hakam in his youth.
- The title hakam was given only after years of study.
- Sephardic congregations often called their senior scholar a hakam.
- The book describes the hakam as both teacher and judge to his community.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAKAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAKAM
1 longer words begin with HAKAM.
Shorter words from the letters in HAKAM
Common questions about HAKAM
- Is HAKAM valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HAKAM is not in it.
- How many points is HAKAM worth?
- HAKAM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAKAM mean?
- A sage or learned teacher in the Jewish tradition, especially one recognised as an authority on religious law.
- What letters can be added to HAKAM?
- HAKAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HAKAM:
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