PUCKA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PUCKA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUCKA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUCKA is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUCKA
No single letter turns PUCKA into another word.
How PUCKA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PUCKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does PUCKA mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishinformal
Genuine, first-class or properly done; a variant spelling of pukka.
Pucka comes from a Hindi word meaning cooked or ripe, and it entered British English through contact with India to describe something solid, authentic or of the right standard. A pucka job, for instance, is one done to a proper and reliable standard, not a makeshift one. The more common modern spelling is pukka, and pucka is simply an older way of writing the same word.
How PUCKA is used
Informal British usage, now mostly seen in the spelling pukka; pucka is an older variant.
- He called it a pucka piece of workmanship.
- The soldiers praised the pucka arrangements at the new camp.
- She wanted a pucka answer, not a guess.
- It was, by any measure, a pucka success.
- The old letters use the spelling pucka rather than pukka.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUCKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PUCKA
Common questions about PUCKA
- Is PUCKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUCKA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUCKA worth?
- PUCKA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUCKA mean?
- Genuine, first-class or properly done; a variant spelling of pukka.
- What letters can be added to PUCKA?
- No single letter can be added to PUCKA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PUCKA:
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