SUCK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SUCK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUCK?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUCK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUCK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUCK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SUCK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,538.
What does SUCK mean in Scrabble?
verb
To draw liquid into the mouth.
Suck is among the oldest words in the language and imitates the action directly. The American sense meaning to be bad is from the 1970s and was considered coarse for a decade afterwards.
How SUCK is used
Sucked, sucking. Transitive and intransitive alike.
- The pump sucked air and stopped working.
- The word suck imitates the action it names.
- The sense of suck meaning bad is from the 1970s.
- A calf sucks for four months at least.
- Two straws sucking on the same glass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUCK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SUCK
The 4 tiles of SUCK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SUCK
Showing 24 of 35 words that begin with SUCK.
Words ending in SUCK
3 words end in SUCK. Useful as a back hook: play SUCK onto a word already on the board.
Words with SUCK inside
Showing 24 of 39 words that contain SUCK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SUCK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SUCK
Common questions about SUCK
- Is SUCK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUCK, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUCK worth?
- SUCK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUCK mean?
- To draw liquid into the mouth.
- What letters can be added to SUCK?
- SUCK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SUCK:
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