What PADAUKS Means
PADAUKS is a form of PADAUK, which means:
- noun: tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
- noun: the wood of any of the padauk trees, used in decorative cabinetwork.“The padauk found most often is African Padauk from Pterocarpus soyauxii which, when freshly cut, is a very bright red/orange but when exposed to sunlight fades over time to a warm brown.”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PADAUKS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 D2 A1 U1 K5 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PADAUKS
56 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (1)
5 letter words (4)
4 letter words (17)
3 letter words (26)
2 letter words (8)
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