OTAKU is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OTAKU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OTAKU?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OTAKU is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OTAKU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
otakusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OTAKU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OTAKU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does OTAKU mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person with an intense, often obsessive interest in a particular hobby, especially anime, manga, or video games.
The word otaku began in Japan as a term for young people absorbed in computers and niche entertainment, sometimes used critically to suggest someone withdrawn from ordinary social life. As anime and manga spread internationally, English speakers adopted otaku with a friendlier tone, often as a badge of enthusiastic fandom rather than an insult. Someone can be an otaku for a single series or for an entire genre, and the word now covers collectors, cosplayers, and dedicated online fan communities alike.
How OTAKU is used
Otaku is informal, common among fans of Japanese popular culture and increasingly familiar in general English usage.
- He proudly calls himself an otaku who owns every volume of the series.
- The convention drew thousands of otaku from across the country.
- She became an otaku after watching her first anime in high school.
- Local otaku gather monthly to trade manga and swap recommendations.
- Being an otaku used to carry more stigma in Japan than it does today.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OTAKU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OTAKU
1 longer words begin with OTAKU.
Shorter words from the letters in OTAKU
Common questions about OTAKU
- Is OTAKU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OTAKU, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OTAKU worth?
- OTAKU is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OTAKU mean?
- A person with an intense, often obsessive interest in a particular hobby, especially anime, manga, or video games.
- What letters can be added to OTAKU?
- OTAKU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OTAKU:
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