SOCKO is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SOCKO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOCKO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOCKO is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOCKO
No single letter turns SOCKO into another word.
How SOCKO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SOCKO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 336,105.
What does SOCKO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalNorth American
Extremely successful, striking, or impressive, especially describing a show, film, or performance.
A socko opening night is one that lands with real impact on an audience, a sense the word borrowed from the punch implied by sock, meaning to hit hard. It became a favourite of entertainment-industry headline writers, prized for being short enough to fit a tight newspaper column while still sounding enthusiastic. Outside show-business slang, the word is rarely used in everyday conversation.
How SOCKO is used
Informal showbiz slang, most familiar from entertainment trade headlines rather than ordinary speech.
- The trade paper called the premiere a socko success.
- Critics praised the socko finale of the season.
- Her socko performance earned a standing ovation.
- The studio hoped for a socko opening weekend at the box office.
- Reviewers used the word socko to describe the surprise hit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOCKO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOCKO
The 5 tiles of SOCKO in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SOCKO
Common questions about SOCKO
- Is SOCKO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOCKO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOCKO worth?
- SOCKO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOCKO mean?
- Extremely successful, striking, or impressive, especially describing a show, film, or performance.
- What letters can be added to SOCKO?
- No single letter can be added to SOCKO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SOCKO:
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