MOPOKE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MOPOKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOPOKE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOPOKE is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOPOKE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mopokesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOPOKE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MOPOKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 886,944.
What does MOPOKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
AustralianNew Zealand
A small brown owl of Australia and New Zealand whose nocturnal call sounds like its name.
The mopoke is named after its repeated two-note hoot heard after dark in the bush. In Australia the name is sometimes loosely given to the tawny frogmouth, a different bird.
How MOPOKE is used
Mopoke is a bush-country name used in Australian and New Zealand speech.
- A mopoke called from the gum tree all night.
- We could hear the mopoke long after the campfire died.
- The children tried to imitate the mopoke's hoot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOPOKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOPOKE
1 longer words begin with MOPOKE.
Shorter words from the letters in MOPOKE
Common questions about MOPOKE
- Is MOPOKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOPOKE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOPOKE worth?
- MOPOKE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOPOKE mean?
- A small brown owl of Australia and New Zealand whose nocturnal call sounds like its name.
- What letters can be added to MOPOKE?
- MOPOKE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MOPOKE:
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