MEDAKA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MEDAKA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEDAKA?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEDAKA is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEDAKA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
medakasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEDAKA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MEDAKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does MEDAKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small freshwater fish of Japan and nearby parts of eastern Asia, widely used in scientific research.
The medaka is a slender, hardy fish that lives in rice paddies and slow streams, and its name is Japanese. Biologists keep medaka in laboratories because it breeds easily and its eggs are transparent, which makes development easy to watch. Pet keepers also enjoy it in outdoor ponds.
How MEDAKA is used
Used in zoology, aquarium keeping and laboratory biology.
- A medaka darted between the water plants.
- The lab raises medaka for genetic studies.
- Each medaka female carries her eggs for a short time.
- He kept a golden medaka in a bowl on the porch.
- Rice fields used to be full of medaka.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEDAKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MEDAKA
1 longer words begin with MEDAKA.
Shorter words from the letters in MEDAKA
Common questions about MEDAKA
- Is MEDAKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEDAKA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEDAKA worth?
- MEDAKA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEDAKA mean?
- A small freshwater fish of Japan and nearby parts of eastern Asia, widely used in scientific research.
- What letters can be added to MEDAKA?
- MEDAKA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MEDAKA:
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