ACQUEST is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ACQUEST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACQUEST?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACQUEST is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACQUEST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
acquestsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACQUEST scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ACQUEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does ACQUEST mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalrare
Property obtained by purchase or gift rather than by inheritance.
In law an acquest is what a person gets through their own dealings, set apart from the estate handed down by family. The term is mostly historical and seldom seen outside old legal texts.
How ACQUEST is used
The word acquest belongs to older legal writing about property and succession.
- The farm was his own acquest, bought with years of savings.
- The will distinguished the family estate from the acquest of the late owner.
- A lawyer explained that the acquest could be sold freely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACQUEST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACQUEST
1 longer words begin with ACQUEST.
Shorter words from the letters in ACQUEST
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Common questions about ACQUEST
- Is ACQUEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACQUEST, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACQUEST worth?
- ACQUEST is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACQUEST mean?
- Property obtained by purchase or gift rather than by inheritance.
- What letters can be added to ACQUEST?
- ACQUEST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ACQUEST:
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