RACA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. RACA 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept RACA?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RACA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RACA
No single letter turns RACA into another word.
How RACA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RACA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does RACA mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
An Aramaic word of insult meaning empty-headed or worthless, found in the Bible.
Raca appears in the Gospel of Matthew as a term one person hurls at another to call them stupid or contemptible, and Jesus warns that using it carries serious consequences. Because the word comes straight from Aramaic rather than being translated into English, most readers meet raca only in biblical text or commentary on it.
How RACA is used
Encountered chiefly in Bible translations and religious writing, not in ordinary speech.
- The preacher explained why calling someone raca was treated so seriously in the text.
- Scholars debate the exact force of the word raca in its original Aramaic.
- The sermon warned against speaking raca even in anger.
- In the old translation, raca is left untranslated rather than rendered into English.
- He quoted the verse where raca is condemned as an insult.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RACA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RACA
2 longer words begin with RACA.
Words ending in RACA
3 words end in RACA. Useful as a back hook: play RACA onto a word already on the board.
Words with RACA inside
Showing 24 of 45 words that contain RACA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RACA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RACA
Common questions about RACA
- Is RACA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and RACA is not in it.
- How many points is RACA worth?
- RACA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RACA mean?
- An Aramaic word of insult meaning empty-headed or worthless, found in the Bible.
- What letters can be added to RACA?
- No single letter can be added to RACA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RACA:
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