KEA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. KEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KEA?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KEA is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KEA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
keasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KEA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in KEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about KEA
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does KEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large green parrot of the New Zealand mountains.
The kea is the only parrot that lives above the snow line, and it is famous for taking things apart: wipers, boots, anything left in a car park. It was shot for a century on the belief that it killed sheep, and the arguments about that have never entirely stopped.
How KEA is used
Countable: a kea, two keas.
- A kea had removed the rubber from every window.
- The kea lives higher than any other parrot.
- Two keas can strip a rucksack in a few minutes.
- The kea was shot as a sheep killer for a hundred years.
- Nothing left outside survives a kea for long.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KEA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KEA
The 3 tiles of KEA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with KEA
5 longer words begin with KEA.
Words ending in KEA
1 words end in KEA. Useful as a back hook: play KEA onto a word already on the board.
Words with KEA inside
Showing 24 of 48 words that contain KEA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with KEA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KEA
Common questions about KEA
- Is KEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KEA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KEA worth?
- KEA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KEA mean?
- A large green parrot of the New Zealand mountains.
- What letters can be added to KEA?
- KEA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of KEA:
Open KEA in the Word Finder