PADAUK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PADAUK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PADAUK?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PADAUK is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PADAUK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
padauksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PADAUK scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PADAUK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does PADAUK mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical tree of the pea family, or the hard reddish timber obtained from it.
The tree grows in warm parts of Asia and Africa, and its wood is valued for furniture, flooring and small turned objects. Freshly cut padauk is a vivid orange-red that slowly darkens to a deep brown, a property woodworkers know well. The name comes from Burmese. The spelling padouk is a recognised alternative form of the same word.
How PADAUK is used
Used in woodworking and botany for both the tree and its timber.
- The guitar has a fingerboard made of padauk.
- Fresh padauk is bright red but fades to brown over the years.
- A padauk tree shaded the edge of the village.
- He carved the handle from a block of padauk.
- The cabinet maker paid a high price for the padauk planks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PADAUK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PADAUK
1 longer words begin with PADAUK.
Shorter words from the letters in PADAUK
Common questions about PADAUK
- Is PADAUK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PADAUK, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PADAUK worth?
- PADAUK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PADAUK mean?
- A tropical tree of the pea family, or the hard reddish timber obtained from it.
- What letters can be added to PADAUK?
- PADAUK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PADAUK:
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