AQUILINE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. AQUILINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AQUILINE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AQUILINE is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AQUILINE
No single letter turns AQUILINE into another word.
How AQUILINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AQUILINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AQUILINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AQUILINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Curved or hooked like an eagle's beak, especially of a nose.
Aquiline comes from the Latin for eagle and is used as a flattering description of a prominent, strongly bent nose. It can also simply mean like an eagle.
How AQUILINE is used
Mostly used in descriptions of faces in literary writing.
- He had a proud, aquiline nose.
- The portrait showed an aquiline profile.
- Her aquiline features stood out in the crowd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AQUILINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AQUILINE
The 8 tiles of AQUILINE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in AQUILINE
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Common questions about AQUILINE
- Is AQUILINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AQUILINE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AQUILINE worth?
- AQUILINE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AQUILINE mean?
- Curved or hooked like an eagle's beak, especially of a nose.
- What letters can be added to AQUILINE?
- No single letter can be added to AQUILINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AQUILINE:
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