KAIKA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. KAIKA 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 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KAIKA?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KAIKA is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KAIKA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KAIKA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KAIKA, 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. KAIKA needs 1 blank tile.
What does KAIKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
New Zealand
A Maori village or seasonal settlement, especially a fishing camp on the South Island of New Zealand.
Kaika is the South Island form of the more widely known word kainga, and both name a place where a Maori community lived or gathered, often near the coast for fishing or on the way to a food-gathering ground. Many South Island place names still carry kaika as part of their name, marking sites that were once seasonal camps or permanent settlements. The word is also written kaik in some older records. In everyday New Zealand English kaika is mostly met in place names, local history, and writing about Maori settlement rather than in general conversation.
How KAIKA is used
Used mainly in South Island New Zealand place names and local history; not common in everyday speech outside that context.
- The old kaika stood near the river mouth where fishing was easy.
- Several South Island towns grew from a small coastal kaika.
- Local history describes the kaika as a seasonal fishing settlement.
- The map still marks the site of the former kaika by name.
- Elders spoke of the kaika their grandparents had lived in.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KAIKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KAIKA
The 5 tiles of KAIKA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with KAIKA
5 longer words begin with KAIKA.
Shorter words from the letters in KAIKA
Common questions about KAIKA
- Is KAIKA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KAIKA is not in it.
- How many points is KAIKA worth?
- KAIKA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KAIKA mean?
- A Maori village or seasonal settlement, especially a fishing camp on the South Island of New Zealand.
- What letters can be added to KAIKA?
- KAIKA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KAIKA:
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