OKA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. OKA 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 OKA?
| 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 OKA 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 OKA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OKA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What stands out about OKA
- 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 OKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A unit of weight used in Turkey and around the Mediterranean.
An oka came to about 1.28 kilograms, and like most old units it varied by place and by what was being weighed. Turkey abolished it in 1931 when the metric system arrived, and it survives in older documents and in a few markets that never quite stopped.
How OKA is used
Countable: an oka, two okas. Also spelled oke. Historical.
- The ledger gives the weight in okas and nothing else.
- An oka of one thing was not an oka of another.
- Turkey abolished the oka in 1931.
- Two okas of flour is roughly a modern sack.
- The word oka appears in trade records for four centuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OKA
The 3 tiles of OKA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with OKA
7 longer words begin with OKA.
Words ending in OKA
9 words end in OKA. Useful as a back hook: play OKA onto a word already on the board.
Words with OKA inside
Showing 24 of 76 words that contain OKA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OKA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OKA
Common questions about OKA
- Is OKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OKA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OKA worth?
- OKA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OKA mean?
- A unit of weight used in Turkey and around the Mediterranean.
- What letters can be added to OKA?
- OKA takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OKA:
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