QUOKKA is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. QUOKKA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUOKKA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUOKKA is to know. It scores 23 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUOKKA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quokkasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUOKKA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in QUOKKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. QUOKKA needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about QUOKKA
- QUOKKA scores 23 points, more than twice the average for a 6-letter word (10.5).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does QUOKKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small short-tailed marsupial, related to wallabies, found in Western Australia.
It has a round face that often looks as if it is smiling, and it lives on a few islands and patches of the mainland. Tourists enjoy photographing it. The name quokka comes from an Aboriginal language of Western Australia.
How QUOKKA is used
Used in zoology and travel writing about Australia.
- The quokka sat calmly while visitors took photos.
- A quokka can climb low trees to reach leaves.
- Rottnest Island is famous for its quokka population.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUOKKA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUOKKA
1 longer words begin with QUOKKA.
Shorter words from the letters in QUOKKA
Common questions about QUOKKA
- Is QUOKKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUOKKA, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUOKKA worth?
- QUOKKA is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUOKKA mean?
- A small short-tailed marsupial, related to wallabies, found in Western Australia.
- What letters can be added to QUOKKA?
- QUOKKA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of QUOKKA:
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