OAK is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. OAK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OAK?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OAK is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OAK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OAK scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OAK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about OAK
- The same 3 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 OAK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large tree with lobed leaves and acorns.
An oak supports more other species than any other tree in Britain — several hundred kinds of insect alone — which is why a single one in a hedge is worth more than a row of anything else. The wood was the standard for building and for ships until iron replaced it.
How OAK is used
Countable: an oak, two oaks.
- The oak in the field is older than the farm.
- An oak supports more insects than any other native tree.
- They felled the oak and the hedge died back for years.
- Oak was the standard timber until iron took over.
- Two oaks mark the corner of the old parish boundary.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OAK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OAK
The 3 tiles of OAK in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with OAK
24 longer words begin with OAK.
Words ending in OAK
11 words end in OAK. Useful as a back hook: play OAK onto a word already on the board.
Words with OAK inside
Showing 24 of 57 words that contain OAK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OAK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OAK
Common questions about OAK
- Is OAK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OAK, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OAK worth?
- OAK is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OAK mean?
- A large tree with lobed leaves and acorns.
- What letters can be added to OAK?
- OAK takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OAK:
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