Hidden inside teka sit keta, take, and teak, four-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 17 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
TEKA isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to KETA, TAKE and TEAK.
keta, take, and teak tie for the highest Scrabble score from teka at 8 points. The top 10 of 17 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in teka produces 3 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with take. For points, the strongest plays are keta, take, and teak — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling teka turns up 8 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ate, eat, and tea. For points, the strongest plays are kae, kat, and kea — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 6 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in teka. If a familiar word is all you need, start with at. For points, the strongest play is ka — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in teka and you get a different four-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 3 of the 4 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are keta, take, and teak, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from teka earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in teka produce 17 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 3 four-letter words, 8 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.