KOA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. KOA 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 KOA?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KOA is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KOA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KOA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in KOA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about KOA
- 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 KOA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large Hawaiian tree with hard reddish wood.
Koa wood was used for canoes and is now used for guitars and bowls, which is a fair measure of what happened to the forests: the trees big enough for a hull are mostly gone. What is cut today comes from younger growth and costs accordingly.
How KOA is used
Countable and uncountable: a koa, made of koa.
- The bowl was turned from a single piece of koa.
- A koa big enough for a canoe is a rare thing now.
- Koa darkens with age and with handling.
- They plant koa on cleared land and wait fifty years.
- A guitar back in koa costs more than the rest of it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KOA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KOA
The 3 tiles of KOA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with KOA
7 longer words begin with KOA.
Words with KOA inside
4 words contain KOA in the middle. Words that start with KOA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KOA
Common questions about KOA
- Is KOA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KOA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KOA worth?
- KOA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KOA mean?
- A large Hawaiian tree with hard reddish wood.
- What letters can be added to KOA?
- KOA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of KOA:
Open KOA in the Word Finder