LUKE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. LUKE 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 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept LUKE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUKE is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUKE
Front hooks — 1
flukeBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LUKE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LUKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does LUKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Slightly warm — the older word inside lukewarm.
The compound is a repetition: luke already meant tepid, and the second half was added once the first stopped being understood on its own. English does this often — pathway, courtyard, hilltop — and the giveaway is always the same, a part nobody can define without the whole.
How LUKE is used
Archaic on its own; standard only inside lukewarm.
- The water was luke and nobody complained.
- Older recipes call for luke milk and mean tepid.
- Luke on its own has not been ordinary English for centuries.
- The word luke survives inside a compound and nowhere else.
- A luke welcome is worse than none at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LUKE
The 4 tiles of LUKE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LUKE
7 longer words begin with LUKE.
Words ending in LUKE
3 words end in LUKE. Useful as a back hook: play LUKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LUKE inside
5 words contain LUKE in the middle. Words that start with LUKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LUKE
Common questions about LUKE
- Is LUKE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LUKE is not in it.
- How many points is LUKE worth?
- LUKE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUKE mean?
- Slightly warm — the older word inside lukewarm.
- What letters can be added to LUKE?
- LUKE takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LUKE:
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