KAPOK is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. KAPOK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KAPOK?
| 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 KAPOK is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KAPOK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kapoksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KAPOK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KAPOK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 2 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. KAPOK needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about KAPOK
- KAPOK 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 KAPOK mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A light, silky fiber harvested from the seed pods of the kapok tree, used to stuff pillows, life jackets and cushions.
Kapok fibers are naturally water-resistant and buoyant, which made the material popular for stuffing old-style life jackets before synthetic foams took over. The fiber comes from the seed pods of a large tropical tree and is too short and slippery to spin into thread, so it is used loose rather than woven. Kapok is still valued today as a natural, hypoallergenic filling for pillows and soft toys.
How KAPOK is used
Used in everyday contexts describing natural stuffing materials and in botanical writing about the source tree.
- The old life jacket was filled with kapok.
- She bought a pillow stuffed with kapok instead of foam.
- Workers harvested kapok from the ripe seed pods.
- The plush toy felt light because of its kapok filling.
- Kapok trees produce large pods full of silky fiber.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KAPOK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KAPOK
1 longer words begin with KAPOK.
Shorter words from the letters in KAPOK
Common questions about KAPOK
- Is KAPOK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KAPOK, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KAPOK worth?
- KAPOK is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KAPOK mean?
- A light, silky fiber harvested from the seed pods of the kapok tree, used to stuff pillows, life jackets and cushions.
- What letters can be added to KAPOK?
- KAPOK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KAPOK:
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