MALIK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. MALIK 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 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept MALIK?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MALIK is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MALIK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
maliksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MALIK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MALIK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does MALIK mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A chief or headman of a village or community, especially in South Asia and the Middle East.
Malik is an Arabic word for ruler or owner that spread with Islam into Persian, Urdu and several other languages, where it settled down to name a local headman rather than a monarch. The same title survives in the Scots spelling melik used of similar local rulers further east.
How MALIK is used
Used as a title in older accounts of village government; also survives as a personal name.
- The malik of the village settled the dispute between the two farmers.
- British administrators dealt with the local malik rather than with individuals.
- A malik held authority over land and labour in that district.
- The word malik shares its Arabic root with the name of the language's word for king.
- Each valley had its own malik and its own rules about grazing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MALIK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MALIK
1 longer words begin with MALIK.
Shorter words from the letters in MALIK
Common questions about MALIK
- Is MALIK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MALIK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MALIK worth?
- MALIK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MALIK mean?
- A chief or headman of a village or community, especially in South Asia and the Middle East.
- What letters can be added to MALIK?
- MALIK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MALIK:
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