YAKKA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points
It depends on the list you play by. YAKKA 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 16 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept YAKKA?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YAKKA is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YAKKA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yakkasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YAKKA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YAKKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| k | 2 | 1 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. YAKKA needs 1 blank tile.
What does YAKKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australianinformal
Hard physical work or toil, especially in the phrase hard yakka.
Yakka is used almost always to describe demanding manual labour, from farm work to building sites, rather than mental effort. The phrase hard yakka is common enough in Australia that it became the name of a well-known workwear brand. The word itself is thought to come from an Australian Aboriginal language.
How YAKKA is used
Informal and mainly heard in Australian speech about manual labour.
- Clearing the paddock was hard yakka in the summer heat.
- He complained about the yakka involved in digging the trench.
- After a day of yakka on the farm, he was ready to rest.
- The old timer said fencing was the hardest yakka he knew.
- She was not afraid of a bit of yakka on the building site.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YAKKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of YAKKA
The 5 tiles of YAKKA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with YAKKA
1 longer words begin with YAKKA.
Shorter words from the letters in YAKKA
Common questions about YAKKA
- Is YAKKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts YAKKA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is YAKKA worth?
- YAKKA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YAKKA mean?
- Hard physical work or toil, especially in the phrase hard yakka.
- What letters can be added to YAKKA?
- YAKKA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YAKKA:
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