VOLK is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. VOLK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VOLK?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VOLK is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOLK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VOLK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VOLK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,269.
What does VOLK mean in Scrabble?
noun
South African
A people or nation, in South African use.
Volk is Afrikaans and carries political weight the English word does not, because of how it was used under apartheid. Writing about South Africa keeps the Afrikaans form precisely for that reason.
How VOLK is used
Uncountable. Chiefly South African.
- The word volk is kept in English for what it carries.
- Volk is Afrikaans and not a neutral term.
- Apartheid gave volk a weight it has not lost.
- English writing about South Africa uses volk deliberately.
- A translation of volk would lose the point.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOLK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VOLK
6 longer words begin with VOLK.
Words ending in VOLK
1 words end in VOLK. Useful as a back hook: play VOLK onto a word already on the board.
Words with VOLK inside
1 words contain VOLK in the middle. Words that start with VOLK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VOLK
Common questions about VOLK
- Is VOLK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VOLK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VOLK worth?
- VOLK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOLK mean?
- A people or nation, in South African use.
- What letters can be added to VOLK?
- VOLK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VOLK:
Open VOLK in the Word Finder