OAKY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OAKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OAKY?
| 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 OAKY is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OAKY
No single letter turns OAKY into another word.
How OAKY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OAKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What stands out about OAKY
- 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 OAKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Tasting of oak, of wine.
Oaky is a tasting term and usually a criticism: it means the barrel is louder than the wine in it. The flavour comes from the toasting of the staves rather than from the wood on its own.
How OAKY is used
After the verb. Chiefly in wine tasting.
- An oaky white is a fault as often as a style.
- The word oaky is usually a criticism.
- Toasting the staves is what makes a wine oaky.
- More oaky than the previous vintage and less liked.
- A heavily oaky wine hides whatever was in the grape.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OAKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OAKY
The 4 tiles of OAKY in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in OAKY
1 words end in OAKY. Useful as a back hook: play OAKY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in OAKY
Common questions about OAKY
- Is OAKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OAKY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OAKY worth?
- OAKY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OAKY mean?
- Tasting of oak, of wine.
- What letters can be added to OAKY?
- No single letter can be added to OAKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OAKY:
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