NUKE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NUKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NUKE?
| 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 NUKE is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NUKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NUKE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NUKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What stands out about NUKE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NUKE mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To attack with nuclear weapons.
Nuke is a clipping from the 1950s that gained a second and entirely domestic sense about microwave ovens in the 1980s. Very few words travel that far in thirty years.
How NUKE is used
Nuked, nukes. Also a noun. Informal.
- They nuked it for two minutes and burnt it.
- The word nuke is a clipping from the 1950s.
- A second sense of nuke is about microwave ovens.
- Few words travel as far as nuke did in thirty years.
- Two nukes in the same sentence mean different things.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NUKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NUKE
The 4 tiles of NUKE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with NUKE
2 longer words begin with NUKE.
Words ending in NUKE
1 words end in NUKE. Useful as a back hook: play NUKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with NUKE inside
3 words contain NUKE in the middle. Words that start with NUKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NUKE
Common questions about NUKE
- Is NUKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NUKE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NUKE worth?
- NUKE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NUKE mean?
- To attack with nuclear weapons.
- What letters can be added to NUKE?
- NUKE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NUKE:
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