WHAKAPAPA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 23 points

It depends on the list you play by. WHAKAPAPA 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 23 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept WHAKAPAPA?

Word power: 38 / 100

Our own measure of how useful WHAKAPAPA is to know. It scores 23 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for WHAKAPAPA

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How WHAKAPAPA scores

Face value of the 9 tiles in WHAKAPAPA, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WHAKAPAPA has to be built on the board across turns.

What stands out about WHAKAPAPA

• The letter A appears four times in WHAKAPAPA.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with WHAKAPAPA

1 longer words begin with WHAKAPAPA.

Shorter words from the letters in WHAKAPAPA

Common questions about WHAKAPAPA

Is WHAKAPAPA valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WHAKAPAPA is not in it.

How many points is WHAKAPAPA worth?

WHAKAPAPA is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to WHAKAPAPA?

WHAKAPAPA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.