Is KAYAK a word?
KAYAK is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 6 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, KAYAK is a valid word.
What does kayak mean?
noun: a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
KAYAK: word details
- Pronunciation: KEYE-ak (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 16 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so KAYAK works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of kayak
Shorter words inside kayak
Words you can make from the letters of kayak.
Solve a whole rack, not just KAYAK
KAYAK is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does KAYAK mean?
KAYAK is a noun. It means: a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos.
Is KAYAK a valid word?
Yes, KAYAK is a valid word. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.