PANKO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. PANKO 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 accept it.
Which word lists accept PANKO?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANKO is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANKO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pankosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PANKO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PANKO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does PANKO mean in Scrabble?
noun
Light, flaky Japanese-style breadcrumbs used as a coating for fried food.
Panko is made from crustless white bread processed into large, airy flakes rather than the fine crumbs used in Western cooking, so it fries up crunchier and absorbs less oil. The word comes from Japanese, where pan means bread and ko means flour or powder, and it has spread well beyond Japanese cuisine into general Western kitchens.
How PANKO is used
Common in cookery writing worldwide, not limited to Japanese food.
- She coated the chicken in panko before frying it.
- Panko gives a crisper crust than ordinary breadcrumbs.
- The recipe mixes panko with grated parmesan.
- A bag of panko sat on the shelf next to the flour.
- He pressed panko onto the fish before it went in the pan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANKO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PANKO
1 longer words begin with PANKO.
Shorter words from the letters in PANKO
Common questions about PANKO
- Is PANKO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANKO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANKO worth?
- PANKO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANKO mean?
- Light, flaky Japanese-style breadcrumbs used as a coating for fried food.
- What letters can be added to PANKO?
- PANKO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PANKO:
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