HAKEA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. HAKEA 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HAKEA?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAKEA is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAKEA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hakeasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAKEA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HAKEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does HAKEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An Australian shrub or small tree with hard, woody seed pods.
Hakea is a large genus native only to Australia, prized in dry gardens for stiff, often needle-like leaves and clusters of striking flowers. A hakea capsule is unusually tough, and many kinds keep theirs shut for years until fire finally splits them open to release the seed inside. Growers favour hakea because it copes with poor, sandy ground that would kill many other garden plants. The genus carries the name of an eighteenth-century patron of botany, a debt visible only in the label and nowhere in the plant itself.
How HAKEA is used
Countable; used both for the genus in general and for a single plant, as in a hakea in the garden.
- A row of hakea shrubs marked the edge of the property.
- The hard fruit of the hakea can sit closed for years.
- Few plants tolerate drought as well as a hakea.
- Two hakeas grew side by side but flowered months apart.
- Birders sometimes find nests tucked deep inside a spiky hakea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAKEA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAKEA
1 longer words begin with HAKEA.
Words with HAKEA inside
4 words contain HAKEA in the middle. Words that start with HAKEA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HAKEA
Common questions about HAKEA
- Is HAKEA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HAKEA is not in it.
- How many points is HAKEA worth?
- HAKEA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAKEA mean?
- An Australian shrub or small tree with hard, woody seed pods.
- What letters can be added to HAKEA?
- HAKEA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HAKEA:
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