KAPPA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. KAPPA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KAPPA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KAPPA is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KAPPA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kappasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KAPPA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KAPPA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,091 thousand.
What does KAPPA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, written Κ in its capital form and κ in its lowercase form.
Kappa sits between iota and lambda in the Greek alphabet and corresponds roughly to the English letter k. English speakers most often meet kappa not in Greek text but as a symbol borrowed into mathematics, physics and statistics, where it can stand for curvature, a spring constant or a measure of agreement between raters. The letter also named a Greek numeral once used to represent the value twenty. Fraternities and sororities in North America frequently include kappa in their names, drawn directly from the Greek alphabet.
How KAPPA is used
Used both as the name of a Greek letter and as a symbol in technical writing.
- The professor wrote kappa on the board to label the constant.
- Kappa follows iota in the sequence of Greek letters.
- The statistic called Cohen's kappa measures rater agreement.
- The fraternity name began with the letter kappa.
- In the old numbering system, kappa stood for twenty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KAPPA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KAPPA
1 longer words begin with KAPPA.
Shorter words from the letters in KAPPA
Common questions about KAPPA
- Is KAPPA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KAPPA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KAPPA worth?
- KAPPA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KAPPA mean?
- The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, written Κ in its capital form and κ in its lowercase form.
- What letters can be added to KAPPA?
- KAPPA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KAPPA:
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