MARKKA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MARKKA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MARKKA?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MARKKA is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MARKKA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MARKKA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MARKKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. MARKKA needs 1 blank tile.
What does MARKKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The former basic unit of money in Finland before the euro.
One markka was divided into one hundred pennia. Finland dropped it in 2002, so the word now turns up in travel memories and coin collecting.
How MARKKA is used
Markka is the Finnish spelling; the plural in English is usually markkaa or markkas.
- A coffee cost three markka in those days.
- He kept an old markka coin as a souvenir.
- The markka was replaced by the euro.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MARKKA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MARKKA
2 longer words begin with MARKKA.
Shorter words from the letters in MARKKA
Common questions about MARKKA
- Is MARKKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MARKKA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MARKKA worth?
- MARKKA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MARKKA mean?
- The former basic unit of money in Finland before the euro.
- What letters can be added to MARKKA?
- MARKKA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MARKKA:
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