What PUKAS Means
PUKAS is a form of PUKA, which means:
- noun: South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers
- noun: small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PUKAS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 K5 A1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In PUKAS
22 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.
4 letter words (4)
3 letter words (13)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing PUKAS
PUKAS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.