WAKAME is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. WAKAME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAKAME?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAKAME is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAKAME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wakamesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAKAME scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WAKAME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does WAKAME mean in Scrabble?
noun
An edible brown seaweed used in Japanese cooking.
Wakame is sold dried and swells when soaked in water. It gives a silky texture to miso soup and seaweed salad.
How WAKAME is used
Used in cooking for the dark green seaweed found in soups and salads.
- Add wakame to the miso soup.
- Soak the wakame for five minutes.
- A cold wakame salad came with the sushi.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAKAME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAKAME
1 longer words begin with WAKAME.
Shorter words from the letters in WAKAME
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Common questions about WAKAME
- Is WAKAME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAKAME, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAKAME worth?
- WAKAME is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAKAME mean?
- An edible brown seaweed used in Japanese cooking.
- What letters can be added to WAKAME?
- WAKAME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WAKAME:
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