TAKI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. TAKI 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 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TAKI?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAKI is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAKI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAKI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TAKI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,068.
What stands out about TAKI
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TAKI mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A rare wild horse native to Mongolia, also spelled takhi and known as Przewalski's horse.
Conservationists use taki for the last surviving wild horse species, a stocky animal that once faced extinction in the wild before breeding and reintroduction programs restored small herds to the Mongolian steppe. The more common spelling takhi appears in most modern conservation writing.
How TAKI is used
Used mainly in conservation and zoological writing.
- The reserve reintroduced a small herd of taki to the steppe.
- Conservationists tracked each taki by radio collar.
- The documentary followed a single taki foal through its first winter.
- Zoos worldwide helped breed the taki back from near extinction.
- A taki stallion led the small band across the grassland.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAKI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TAKI
The 4 tiles of TAKI in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TAKI
10 longer words begin with TAKI.
Words ending in TAKI
1 words end in TAKI. Useful as a back hook: play TAKI onto a word already on the board.
Words with TAKI inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain TAKI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TAKI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TAKI
Common questions about TAKI
- Is TAKI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TAKI is not in it.
- How many points is TAKI worth?
- TAKI is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAKI mean?
- A rare wild horse native to Mongolia, also spelled takhi and known as Przewalski's horse.
- What letters can be added to TAKI?
- TAKI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TAKI:
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