LIKUTA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LIKUTA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIKUTA?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIKUTA is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIKUTA
No single letter turns LIKUTA into another word.
How LIKUTA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LIKUTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does LIKUTA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A former coin of Zaire, worth one hundredth of a zaire.
The likuta was a small unit of money used in the country now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A hundred of them made up one zaire, and the plural form is makuta. Because inflation made such small coins worthless, the likuta is now met mostly in coin catalogues and word games.
How LIKUTA is used
Historical currency term; the plural is makuta.
- A single likuta was worth very little even when it was issued.
- The collector kept a likuta from the 1960s in a small tin.
- One hundred makuta equalled a zaire, so a likuta was the smallest unit.
- She found a likuta among the foreign coins in the drawer.
- The catalogue lists the likuta alongside the other Congolese issues.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIKUTA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LIKUTA
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Common questions about LIKUTA
- Is LIKUTA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIKUTA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIKUTA worth?
- LIKUTA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIKUTA mean?
- A former coin of Zaire, worth one hundredth of a zaire.
- What letters can be added to LIKUTA?
- No single letter can be added to LIKUTA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LIKUTA:
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