SOUVLAKI is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SOUVLAKI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOUVLAKI?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOUVLAKI is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOUVLAKI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOUVLAKI scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SOUVLAKI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SOUVLAKI has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SOUVLAKI
- All 8 letters of SOUVLAKI are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SOUVLAKI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Greek dish of small pieces of meat grilled on a skewer, often served in pita bread.
Pork is the usual meat for souvlaki in Greece, though chicken and lamb are common elsewhere. It is street food, eaten from paper with tomato, onion and a yoghurt sauce.
How SOUVLAKI is used
A food word; the plural souvlakia is also used for several skewers.
- We ordered souvlaki at a small taverna by the harbour.
- The souvlaki came wrapped in warm pita bread.
- He grilled chicken souvlaki on the back patio.
- A stall near the station sells cheap souvlaki.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOUVLAKI and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOUVLAKI
3 longer words begin with SOUVLAKI.
Shorter words from the letters in SOUVLAKI
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Common questions about SOUVLAKI
- Is SOUVLAKI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOUVLAKI, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOUVLAKI worth?
- SOUVLAKI is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOUVLAKI mean?
- A Greek dish of small pieces of meat grilled on a skewer, often served in pita bread.
- What letters can be added to SOUVLAKI?
- SOUVLAKI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SOUVLAKI:
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