New Zealand has made a few additions to the language, mainly Māori words which have been absorbed into English, or they have in New Zealand anyway, all adding richness to our Scrabble game vocabulary. Most of these words contain a K, which can be an awkward letter. These words can help you play it and even turn it to your advantage if you land it on a premium square:
HIKOI a protest march
KAI food
KATIPO a venomous spider
KAURI a coniferous tree
KAWA protocol
KOHA a gift or donation
KORU a curved pattern
KUIA a female elder
KURI a mongrel dog
MOKI an edible fish
By Barry Grossman
Barry is a leading UK Scrabble player and winner of several tournaments. He is the author of Scrabble for Beginners (Chambers), Need to Know Scrabble, Scrabble – Play to Win and The Little Book of Scrabble Trickster. He has also contributed to numerous other books on the subject of words and word-games, has been a series champion of Channel 4’s Countdown, and has written four comedy series for BBC Radio 4. He lives in Hertford.
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