TROAK is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TROAK 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 TROAK?
| 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 TROAK is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TROAK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
troaksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TROAK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TROAK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about TROAK
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 TROAK mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To barter or trade goods informally, especially outside ordinary or official channels.
Troak describes informal swapping or dealing, the kind of small-scale trading that happens directly between neighbours rather than through a shop or a formal market. The word belongs to Scots vocabulary and is a variant spelling of troke and trock, all three used more or less interchangeably for this same sense of casual barter. Older rural usage often applied troak to swapping livestock, tools, or produce, exchanges settled by a handshake rather than by money. No single common English word covers quite the same informal, off-the-books sense of trading that troak carries.
How TROAK is used
Troak belongs to Scots dialect, used in older regional writing for informal, small-scale bartering.
- The farmers used to troak eggs for fresh milk at the fence line.
- He would troak old tools for whatever a neighbour could spare.
- They troaked a spare lamb for a sack of grain.
- Villagers troaked goods long before the market opened officially.
- She refused to troak her only cow, however good the offer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TROAK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TROAK
The 5 tiles of TROAK in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TROAK
3 longer words begin with TROAK.
Shorter words from the letters in TROAK
Common questions about TROAK
- Is TROAK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TROAK, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TROAK worth?
- TROAK is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TROAK mean?
- To barter or trade goods informally, especially outside ordinary or official channels.
- What letters can be added to TROAK?
- TROAK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TROAK:
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