KHAYA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. KHAYA 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 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KHAYA?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KHAYA is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KHAYA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KHAYA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KHAYA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does KHAYA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A genus of tall West African trees closely related to mahogany, valued for their timber and medicinal bark.
Khaya trees grow to great heights in West African forests and produce a reddish wood prized by furniture makers in much the same way as true mahogany. Traditional medicine has also used the bitter bark of khaya to treat fevers. The genus name is now the common word used in English for these trees and their timber.
How KHAYA is used
A specialist term found mainly in botanical and forestry writing about West African trees.
- The furniture was carved from polished khaya wood.
- Loggers harvested khaya alongside other hardwood species.
- Traditional healers boiled khaya bark to treat fever.
- A row of khaya trees lined the old plantation road.
- Botanists studied how quickly khaya regenerates after logging.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KHAYA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KHAYA
3 longer words begin with KHAYA.
Shorter words from the letters in KHAYA
Common questions about KHAYA
- Is KHAYA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KHAYA is not in it.
- How many points is KHAYA worth?
- KHAYA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KHAYA mean?
- A genus of tall West African trees closely related to mahogany, valued for their timber and medicinal bark.
- What letters can be added to KHAYA?
- KHAYA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KHAYA:
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