EQUES is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. EQUES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EQUES?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EQUES is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EQUES
No single letter turns EQUES into another word.
How EQUES scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EQUES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 71,295.
What does EQUES mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A member of the equestrian order in ancient Rome, ranking below a senator.
An eques belonged to a class of Roman citizens who originally served as mounted soldiers and later formed a wealthy business and administrative class beneath the senatorial nobility. Membership required a property qualification, and an eques could hold offices, run companies collecting taxes, or serve in the cavalry. The plural form equites is the term historians usually use for the whole order.
How EQUES is used
Found in writing about Roman history and society rather than in ordinary modern speech.
- His father had been an eques before the family lost its fortune.
- An eques needed a set amount of property to keep his rank.
- The senator's son remained officially an eques until he entered politics.
- Historians debate how much power a wealthy eques really held.
- Coins sometimes recorded the career of a prominent eques.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EQUES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EQUES
The 5 tiles of EQUES in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EQUES
6 longer words begin with EQUES.
Words ending in EQUES
7 words end in EQUES. Useful as a back hook: play EQUES onto a word already on the board.
Words with EQUES inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain EQUES somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EQUES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EQUES
Common questions about EQUES
- Is EQUES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EQUES, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EQUES worth?
- EQUES is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EQUES mean?
- A member of the equestrian order in ancient Rome, ranking below a senator.
- What letters can be added to EQUES?
- No single letter can be added to EQUES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EQUES:
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