PUKU is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. PUKU 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 10 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept PUKU?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUKU is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUKU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pukusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUKU scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PUKU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 326,769.
What does PUKU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A southern African antelope of floodplains.
The puku lives on ground that floods every year, which confines it to a few river systems and makes it unusually easy to count. The word came into English from a Bantu language.
How PUKU is used
Countable; the plural is puku or pukus.
- A puku lives where the ground floods every year.
- The word puku came into English from a Bantu language.
- Two puku herds on the same floodplain.
- The range of the puku is small and well mapped.
- A puku is easier to count than most antelope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUKU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUKU
1 longer words begin with PUKU.
Words ending in PUKU
2 words end in PUKU. Useful as a back hook: play PUKU onto a word already on the board.
Words with PUKU inside
2 words contain PUKU in the middle. Words that start with PUKU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PUKU
Common questions about PUKU
- Is PUKU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUKU, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUKU worth?
- PUKU is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUKU mean?
- A southern African antelope of floodplains.
- What letters can be added to PUKU?
- PUKU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PUKU:
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