TRAIK is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TRAIK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRAIK?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRAIK is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRAIK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRAIK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TRAIK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,819.
What does TRAIK mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To walk wearily or with difficulty over a long or rough distance; to trudge or trek exhaustingly.
Traik describes the kind of tired, dragging walk a person makes after a long journey over rough or muddy ground, closer to trudging than to ordinary walking. The word belongs to Scots vocabulary and has no single common English word that covers exactly the same weary, reluctant sense, which is why older Scots writing keeps it rather than replacing it with trudge or trek. Farmers in older Scots usage also applied traik to livestock worn down by poor grazing or a hard drive to market. Its spelling and sound echo trek and track, though the words developed along separate paths.
How TRAIK is used
Traik belongs to Scots dialect, used mainly in older regional writing to describe a weary, dragging walk.
- He had to traik five miles home through the sleet.
- The old shepherd would traik across the hills each morning.
- Weary travellers traiked into the village long after dark.
- The cattle traiked slowly along the muddy drove road.
- She traiked home, soaked and exhausted, after the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRAIK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRAIK
The 5 tiles of TRAIK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TRAIK
4 longer words begin with TRAIK.
Words ending in TRAIK
1 words end in TRAIK. Useful as a back hook: play TRAIK onto a word already on the board.
Words with TRAIK inside
3 words contain TRAIK in the middle. Words that start with TRAIK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TRAIK
Common questions about TRAIK
- Is TRAIK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRAIK, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRAIK worth?
- TRAIK is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRAIK mean?
- To walk wearily or with difficulty over a long or rough distance; to trudge or trek exhaustingly.
- What letters can be added to TRAIK?
- TRAIK takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TRAIK:
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