PALKI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. PALKI is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PALKI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALKI is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALKI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
palkisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PALKI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PALKI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does PALKI mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian Englishhistorical
A covered litter carried on poles by bearers.
A palki, from Hindi, is the same vehicle known in English travel writing as a palanquin, a box-like seat slung on poles and carried on the shoulders of several bearers. It turns up often in nineteenth-century accounts of travel in India, where it served the role a carriage or sedan chair might play elsewhere.
How PALKI is used
Now mostly historical; more likely met in older travel writing than in current speech.
- Bearers took turns carrying the heavy palki uphill.
- A palki waited outside for the official to arrive.
- She travelled the last miles by palki rather than on foot.
- The word palki names the same vehicle as a palanquin.
- An old print shows a palki resting outside the gate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALKI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PALKI
1 longer words begin with PALKI.
Shorter words from the letters in PALKI
Common questions about PALKI
- Is PALKI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PALKI is not in it.
- How many points is PALKI worth?
- PALKI is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALKI mean?
- A covered litter carried on poles by bearers.
- What letters can be added to PALKI?
- PALKI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PALKI:
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