POOKA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. POOKA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POOKA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POOKA is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POOKA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pookasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POOKA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POOKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 149,380.
What stands out about POOKA
- The letters of POOKA run in reverse alphabetical order.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POOKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Irish
A shape-shifting spirit from Irish folklore, often mischievous and sometimes dangerous to travellers.
In Irish tales the pooka appears in many guises, most often as a dark horse with wild eyes, but also as a goat, hare or ragged old man. It roams at night and can drag a rider on a wild, frightening journey, though some stories give it a kinder side, warning farmers of storms or offering advice. The pooka lent its name and something of its character to Harvey, the invisible rabbit of stage and film.
How POOKA is used
Met mainly in retellings of Irish folklore and in names borrowed from it.
- Farmers left the last sheaf of the harvest in the field for the pooka.
- The old story tells of a pooka that carried a boastful rider over hedges all night.
- Children were warned not to wander out after dark because of the pooka.
- In the film the invisible rabbit was based on the Irish pooka.
- The pooka is said to speak with a human voice on Samhain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POOKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POOKA
1 longer words begin with POOKA.
Shorter words from the letters in POOKA
Common questions about POOKA
- Is POOKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POOKA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POOKA worth?
- POOKA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POOKA mean?
- A shape-shifting spirit from Irish folklore, often mischievous and sometimes dangerous to travellers.
- What letters can be added to POOKA?
- POOKA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POOKA:
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