TANKA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TANKA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TANKA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TANKA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TANKA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tankasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TANKA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TANKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does TANKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables arranged in five lines, following a pattern of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables.
A tanka is longer than a haiku and traditionally moves from an observation or image in the first three lines toward a more personal or emotional turn in the final two lines. The form dates back over a thousand years in Japanese court poetry, where poets exchanged tanka as part of correspondence and courtship. Modern poets writing in English have also adopted the tanka form, often loosening its strict syllable count.
How TANKA is used
Used mainly in discussions of Japanese poetry and by poets writing in the tanka form.
- She composed a tanka about the falling autumn leaves.
- The anthology collected tanka written by court poets centuries ago.
- His tanka captured a fleeting moment beside the river.
- Students studied the structure of a classical tanka.
- A short tanka closed the chapter on Japanese verse forms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TANKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TANKA
5 longer words begin with TANKA.
Shorter words from the letters in TANKA
Common questions about TANKA
- Is TANKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TANKA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TANKA worth?
- TANKA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TANKA mean?
- A traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables arranged in five lines, following a pattern of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables.
- What letters can be added to TANKA?
- TANKA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TANKA:
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