SOOKY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. SOOKY 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 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept SOOKY?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOOKY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOOKY
No single letter turns SOOKY into another word.
How SOOKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SOOKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 336,105.
What does SOOKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
AustralianNew Zealandinformal
Given to complaining, sulking, or crying easily, in Australian and New Zealand usage.
Sooky describes behaviour rather than a fixed trait, so a normally tough adult can still act sooky about one particular thing, such as the cold or losing a small game. It grows out of the noun sook, the person who behaves that way, with the added -y turning it into a word for the behaviour itself. Australians and New Zealanders use sooky casually and without much heat, more teasing than cruel.
How SOOKY is used
Informal Australian and New Zealand speech, used to tease gently rather than insult.
- Don't get all sooky just because you lost one round.
- He goes sooky whenever the weather turns cold.
- She admitted the ending of the film made her feel a bit sooky.
- The kids get sooky near bedtime if they miss their nap.
- It was a sooky little complaint about nothing much at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOOKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SOOKY
Common questions about SOOKY
- Is SOOKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOOKY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOOKY worth?
- SOOKY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOOKY mean?
- Given to complaining, sulking, or crying easily, in Australian and New Zealand usage.
- What letters can be added to SOOKY?
- No single letter can be added to SOOKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SOOKY:
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