KATAKANA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. KATAKANA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KATAKANA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KATAKANA is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KATAKANA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
katakanasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KATAKANA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in KATAKANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 2 | 1 |
| a | 4 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. KATAKANA needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about KATAKANA
- The letter A appears four times in KATAKANA.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does KATAKANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
One of the two Japanese syllabic scripts, made of angular characters and used mainly for foreign words.
Katakana sits beside hiragana and kanji in everyday Japanese. Learners meet it on menus, signs and product names, where loanwords like coffee are spelled out in its sharp strokes.
How KATAKANA is used
Used when discussing Japanese writing and language learning.
- She practised writing katakana every morning.
- The word for coffee is written in katakana.
- Katakana is often used for foreign names.
- Each katakana symbol stands for a syllable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KATAKANA and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KATAKANA
1 longer words begin with KATAKANA.
Shorter words from the letters in KATAKANA
Common questions about KATAKANA
- Is KATAKANA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KATAKANA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KATAKANA worth?
- KATAKANA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KATAKANA mean?
- One of the two Japanese syllabic scripts, made of angular characters and used mainly for foreign words.
- What letters can be added to KATAKANA?
- KATAKANA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of KATAKANA:
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