PUKAS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. PUKAS 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 PUKAS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUKAS is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUKAS
No single letter turns PUKAS into another word.
How PUKAS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PUKAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does PUKAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Small shells naturally worn through with a hole, strung together as jewellery.
The name comes from Hawaiian puka, meaning a hole, since the tiny shells wash up already pierced by the sea. Jewellers thread strings of pukas without drilling them, which is why a necklace made this way keeps the name of the shells rather than of any technique.
How PUKAS is used
Almost always used in the plural, for the shells collectively or the jewellery made from them.
- She wore a necklace of pukas from a summer on the coast.
- The gift shop sold bracelets strung from pukas.
- Each of the pukas already had its own natural hole.
- He collected pukas along the tideline every morning.
- A string of pukas hung faded and salt-stained in the window.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUKAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PUKAS
The 5 tiles of PUKAS in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in PUKAS
3 words end in PUKAS. Useful as a back hook: play PUKAS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PUKAS
Common questions about PUKAS
- Is PUKAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUKAS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUKAS worth?
- PUKAS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUKAS mean?
- Small shells naturally worn through with a hole, strung together as jewellery.
- What letters can be added to PUKAS?
- No single letter can be added to PUKAS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PUKAS:
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