SKA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SKA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SKA?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKA is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SKA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What stands out about SKA
- The same 3 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Jamaican music with an offbeat rhythm, older than reggae.
Ska came first, in the early 1960s, and everything Jamaican that followed grew out of it. It has been revived twice in Britain, each time by a different generation, and the second revival put more records in the charts than the original ever managed.
How SKA is used
Uncountable: a ska band, playing ska.
- The ska revival sold more records than the original.
- A ska band needs a horn section and a good drummer.
- Ska is on the offbeat and reggae is slower.
- They played ska for an hour and nobody sat down.
- The word ska covers a decade and two revivals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SKA
The 3 tiles of SKA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SKA
Showing 24 of 63 words that begin with SKA.
Words ending in SKA
9 words end in SKA. Useful as a back hook: play SKA onto a word already on the board.
Words with SKA inside
Showing 24 of 69 words that contain SKA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SKA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SKA
Common questions about SKA
- Is SKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SKA worth?
- SKA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKA mean?
- A Jamaican music with an offbeat rhythm, older than reggae.
- What letters can be added to SKA?
- SKA takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SKA:
Open SKA in the Word Finder