WALLAH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WALLAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WALLAH?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WALLAH is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WALLAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wallahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WALLAH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WALLAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What does WALLAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalIndian English
A person who is in charge of or concerned with a particular job or thing.
Wallah comes from a Hindi suffix meaning one who deals with something, and British speakers picked it up in India. It is nearly always attached to another word, as in a tea wallah, a rickshaw wallah or a box wallah, and it names the person whose job or business that is. In modern English the word is used with a light, informal tone and sometimes with humour.
How WALLAH is used
Informal; usually found in compounds that name an occupation.
- The tea wallah poured a cup for every passenger on the platform.
- Each wallah in the market shouted the price of his own goods.
- She asked the rickshaw wallah to wait outside the gate.
- The office joke was that he was the numbers wallah of the department.
- A wallah with a cart of fruit stood at every corner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WALLAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WALLAH
1 longer words begin with WALLAH.
Shorter words from the letters in WALLAH
Common questions about WALLAH
- Is WALLAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WALLAH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WALLAH worth?
- WALLAH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WALLAH mean?
- A person who is in charge of or concerned with a particular job or thing.
- What letters can be added to WALLAH?
- WALLAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WALLAH:
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