SMAAK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. SMAAK 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 not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SMAAK?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMAAK is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMAAK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
smaaksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMAAK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SMAAK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does SMAAK mean in Scrabble?
verb
South Africaninformal
To like, love or feel drawn to a person or thing, especially in South African English.
Smaak entered South African English from Afrikaans, where the related noun literally means taste, and the verb kept much of that sense when people started using it about attraction between people. Someone who says they smaak another person means they find that person appealing, often in a romantic or flirtatious way. The word can also describe a simple liking for food, music or an activity, staying closer to its original sense of taste or flavour. It remains a colloquial term, heard in casual conversation far more than in formal writing.
How SMAAK is used
Informal, chiefly South African English; used in casual speech about attraction or liking rather than in formal writing.
- He told his friend he really smaak the girl who worked at the coffee shop.
- She smaak spicy food and orders it wherever she can.
- Everyone at the party could see how much they smaak each other.
- His mates joked that he had smaak old motorbikes since he was a teenager.
- She admitted she smaak the singer's music more than his looks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMAAK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMAAK
The 5 tiles of SMAAK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SMAAK
3 longer words begin with SMAAK.
Shorter words from the letters in SMAAK
Common questions about SMAAK
- Is SMAAK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SMAAK is not in it.
- How many points is SMAAK worth?
- SMAAK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMAAK mean?
- To like, love or feel drawn to a person or thing, especially in South African English.
- What letters can be added to SMAAK?
- SMAAK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SMAAK:
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