POLKA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. POLKA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLKA?
| 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 POLKA is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLKA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
polkasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLKA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POLKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What stands out about POLKA
- The letters of POLKA run in reverse alphabetical order.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POLKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A lively dance for couples in quick duple time, or the music written for it.
The polka began in Bohemia in the early nineteenth century and quickly spread through ballrooms across Europe and America. Couples dance it in a brisk two-four rhythm, with a characteristic hop-step-close pattern that gives the music its bounce. The word also survives in polka dot, a pattern of round dots supposedly named for the same dance craze. Bands still play polka at weddings and folk festivals, especially in communities with Czech, Polish or German roots.
How POLKA is used
Used both for the dance itself and for its music, and in the fixed phrase polka dot for a spotted pattern.
- The band struck up a polka and half the room got up to dance.
- She wore a red dress covered in white polka dots.
- His grandparents still dance a polka at every family wedding.
- The polka reached America with waves of Central European immigrants.
- A brass band led the polka around the town square.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POLKA
The 5 tiles of POLKA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POLKA
3 longer words begin with POLKA.
Shorter words from the letters in POLKA
Common questions about POLKA
- Is POLKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLKA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLKA worth?
- POLKA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLKA mean?
- A lively dance for couples in quick duple time, or the music written for it.
- What letters can be added to POLKA?
- POLKA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POLKA:
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