KANGA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. KANGA 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KANGA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KANGA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KANGA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kangasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KANGA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KANGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does KANGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
A brightly patterned piece of cotton cloth worn as a wrap in East Africa.
A kanga is printed with bold patterns and a border, and often carries a printed Swahili proverb along one edge, so the cloth is read as well as worn. Women wear it wrapped as a dress, a headscarf, or a baby sling, and a length is sold and worn as one whole piece rather than cut and sewn. The same cloth is also spelled khanga or kangha in different sources.
How KANGA is used
Countable: a kanga, two kangas; found mainly in writing about East African dress.
- She wrapped the kanga around her shoulders against the evening chill.
- A proverb is printed along the border of the kanga.
- The word kanga is also spelled khanga in some sources.
- Market stalls sold kangas in dozens of patterns.
- A kanga can be worn as a dress, a headscarf, or a sling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KANGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KANGA
5 longer words begin with KANGA.
Words ending in KANGA
1 words end in KANGA. Useful as a back hook: play KANGA onto a word already on the board.
Words with KANGA inside
1 words contain KANGA in the middle. Words that start with KANGA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KANGA
Common questions about KANGA
- Is KANGA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KANGA is not in it.
- How many points is KANGA worth?
- KANGA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KANGA mean?
- A brightly patterned piece of cotton cloth worn as a wrap in East Africa.
- What letters can be added to KANGA?
- KANGA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KANGA:
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