PAKORA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PAKORA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAKORA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAKORA is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAKORA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pakorasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAKORA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PAKORA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does PAKORA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A piece of vegetable, paneer or meat dipped in spiced gram-flour batter and deep-fried.
Pakoras are a popular snack in India, Pakistan and across the world, often served hot with mint or tamarind chutney. Cooks commonly use onion, potato, spinach or cauliflower, and the batter is spiced with cumin, chilli and turmeric. They are especially associated with the rainy season and with tea-time. The word is a loanword from Hindi.
How PAKORA is used
Common in food writing, menus and everyday talk about South Asian cooking.
- We ordered a plate of onion pakora with mint chutney.
- Every pakora came out of the pan crisp and golden.
- My aunt makes a spinach pakora whenever it rains.
- The street stall sold a hot pakora for a few coins.
- She dipped the pakora into a sweet tamarind sauce.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAKORA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAKORA
1 longer words begin with PAKORA.
Shorter words from the letters in PAKORA
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Common questions about PAKORA
- Is PAKORA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAKORA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAKORA worth?
- PAKORA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAKORA mean?
- A piece of vegetable, paneer or meat dipped in spiced gram-flour batter and deep-fried.
- What letters can be added to PAKORA?
- PAKORA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PAKORA:
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