KOOK is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. KOOK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KOOK?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KOOK is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KOOK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KOOK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in KOOK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 2 | 1 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. KOOK needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about KOOK
- KOOK is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does KOOK mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An eccentric or crazy person.
Kook is American and from the 1950s, clipped from cuckoo, and it reached general speech through surfing slang. It is milder than most words for the same idea and carries a note of amusement.
How KOOK is used
Countable: a kook, two kooks. Informal.
- A kook with a theory and a great deal of time.
- The word kook is clipped from cuckoo.
- Surfing slang carried kook into general use.
- Calling somebody a kook is nearly affectionate.
- Two kooks arguing about the same theory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KOOK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KOOK
14 longer words begin with KOOK.
Words with KOOK inside
2 words contain KOOK in the middle. Words that start with KOOK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KOOK
Common questions about KOOK
- Is KOOK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KOOK, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KOOK worth?
- KOOK is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KOOK mean?
- An eccentric or crazy person.
- What letters can be added to KOOK?
- KOOK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of KOOK:
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