MILKO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. MILKO 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 MILKO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MILKO is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MILKO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
milkosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MILKO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MILKO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does MILKO mean in Scrabble?
noun
AustralianNew Zealandinformal
A person who delivers milk to houses; an informal word for a milkman.
Milko clips milk and adds the informal -o ending found in Australian and New Zealand slang, the same pattern that gives arvo for afternoon and servo for service station. Home milk delivery has largely disappeared, so milko now sounds distinctly old-fashioned even where it is still understood.
How MILKO is used
Australian and New Zealand informal; describes a trade that has mostly vanished.
- The milko used to come round before six every morning.
- Bottles were left out for the milko the night before.
- Her grandfather worked as a milko for thirty years.
- Few streets still get a visit from the milko.
- The milko's cart was pulled by the same old horse for a decade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MILKO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MILKO
1 longer words begin with MILKO.
Shorter words from the letters in MILKO
Common questions about MILKO
- Is MILKO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MILKO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MILKO worth?
- MILKO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MILKO mean?
- A person who delivers milk to houses; an informal word for a milkman.
- What letters can be added to MILKO?
- MILKO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MILKO:
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