QAIMAQAM is valid in Collins, not in North America — 30 points

It depends on the list you play by. QAIMAQAM is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 30 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept QAIMAQAM?

Word power: 59 / 100

Our own measure of how useful QAIMAQAM is to know. It scores 30 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for QAIMAQAM

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How QAIMAQAM scores

Face value of the 8 tiles in QAIMAQAM, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. QAIMAQAM needs 1 blank tile.

What stands out about QAIMAQAM

• Two Qs in one word: QAIMAQAM doubles the highest-value tile in the bag.
• QAIMAQAM takes a Q without a U — one of only 93 words in our lists that do. That is the cheapest way to get rid of the ten-point tile.
• QAIMAQAM scores 30 points, more than twice the average for a 8-letter word (13.3).

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with QAIMAQAM

1 longer words begin with QAIMAQAM.

Shorter words from the letters in QAIMAQAM

Common questions about QAIMAQAM

Is QAIMAQAM valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and QAIMAQAM is not in it.

How many points is QAIMAQAM worth?

QAIMAQAM is worth 30 points in Scrabble and 32 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to QAIMAQAM?

QAIMAQAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.