WAKA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. WAKA 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 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept WAKA?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAKA is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAKA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wakasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAKA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WAKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does WAKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Maori canoe of any size.
A waka can be a small river craft or an ocean-going hull carrying a hundred people, and one word covers both. It also names a lineage, because a group traces itself to the canoe its ancestors arrived in.
How WAKA is used
Countable; the plural is waka or wakas.
- A waka may be a river craft or an ocean-going hull.
- The word waka also names a lineage.
- A group traces itself to the waka its ancestors came in.
- Two waka drawn up on the same beach.
- The word waka covers every size of canoe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WAKA
The 4 tiles of WAKA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WAKA
7 longer words begin with WAKA.
Words ending in WAKA
1 words end in WAKA. Useful as a back hook: play WAKA onto a word already on the board.
Words with WAKA inside
5 words contain WAKA in the middle. Words that start with WAKA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WAKA
Common questions about WAKA
- Is WAKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAKA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAKA worth?
- WAKA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAKA mean?
- A Maori canoe of any size.
- What letters can be added to WAKA?
- WAKA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WAKA:
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