KAIAK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. KAIAK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KAIAK?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KAIAK is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KAIAK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kaiaksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KAIAK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KAIAK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 2 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. KAIAK needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about KAIAK
- KAIAK is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
- KAIAK runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- KAIAK begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does KAIAK mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A variant spelling of kayak, a light canoe with a covered deck, traditionally made of a skin or fabric stretched over a wooden or bone frame.
Kaiak reflects an early transliteration of the Inuit word from which kayak also derives, and both spellings describe the same narrow, covered boat paddled with a double-bladed paddle. Hunters in Arctic regions originally built a kaiak to move silently and stay dry while hunting seals and other game on open water. Today kaiak appears mostly in older texts and word lists, while kayak is the standard modern spelling used for the sport and recreational boat.
How KAIAK is used
Rare alternative spelling; kayak is the far more common form in current writing.
- The old expedition journal spelled the boat kaiak throughout.
- He paddled the kaiak along the icy shoreline.
- The museum display used the historical term kaiak for the skin boat.
- A kaiak was built low and narrow to cut through choppy water.
- The guidebook noted that kaiak and kayak name the same craft.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KAIAK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KAIAK
The 5 tiles of KAIAK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with KAIAK
3 longer words begin with KAIAK.
Shorter words from the letters in KAIAK
Common questions about KAIAK
- Is KAIAK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KAIAK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KAIAK worth?
- KAIAK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KAIAK mean?
- A variant spelling of kayak, a light canoe with a covered deck, traditionally made of a skin or fabric stretched over a wooden or bone frame.
- What letters can be added to KAIAK?
- KAIAK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KAIAK:
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