THEEK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. THEEK 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 not accept it either.
Which word lists accept THEEK?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THEEK is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THEEK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
theeksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THEEK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in THEEK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 95,060.
What does THEEK mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectScots
To thatch a roof, covering it with straw, reed or similar material.
Theek is a Scots and northern English form of the same old verb that gives standard English thatch, both going back to a root meaning to cover. It survived in country dialect long after thatch became the usual word further south, and it is still recognised in Scots writing about traditional roofing.
How THEEK is used
Dialect; found in Scots texts and in descriptions of traditional building rather than in everyday speech.
- The old man could still theek a roof the way his father had.
- They used to theek cottages with reed cut from the loch shore.
- Few builders today know how to theek a byre properly.
- The roof was theeked twice before the thatcher gave up the trade.
- She wrote of crofters who would theek their own houses each autumn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THEEK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THEEK
3 longer words begin with THEEK.
Shorter words from the letters in THEEK
Common questions about THEEK
- Is THEEK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and THEEK is not in it.
- How many points is THEEK worth?
- THEEK is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THEEK mean?
- To thatch a roof, covering it with straw, reed or similar material.
- What letters can be added to THEEK?
- THEEK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of THEEK:
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