MAQUILADORA is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. MAQUILADORA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAQUILADORA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAQUILADORA is to know. It scores 23 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAQUILADORA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
maquiladorasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAQUILADORA scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MAQUILADORA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MAQUILADORA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MAQUILADORA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A factory in Mexico, often near the United States border, that assembles imported parts into goods for export.
A maquiladora is usually owned or run by a foreign company, which benefits from low duties and lower wages. The word comes from Spanish and is common in discussions of trade between Mexico and the United States.
How MAQUILADORA is used
Maquiladora is used in economics and news reports about cross-border manufacturing.
- Thousands of workers took jobs at the new maquiladora near the border.
- Each maquiladora ships its finished products north without paying the usual tariffs.
- The report compared wages in a maquiladora with those in a local workshop.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAQUILADORA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAQUILADORA
1 longer words begin with MAQUILADORA.
Shorter words from the letters in MAQUILADORA
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Common questions about MAQUILADORA
- Is MAQUILADORA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAQUILADORA, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAQUILADORA worth?
- MAQUILADORA is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAQUILADORA mean?
- A factory in Mexico, often near the United States border, that assembles imported parts into goods for export.
- What letters can be added to MAQUILADORA?
- MAQUILADORA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MAQUILADORA:
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