QIN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. QIN 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept QIN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QIN is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
qinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QIN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in QIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What stands out about QIN
- QIN 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.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does QIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A Chinese zither with seven silk strings, played across the lap.
The qin belongs to the scholar rather than the concert hall: quiet enough that a second listener is a crowd, with a notation that records where the fingers go and says nothing about rhythm. Playing it well was one of the four arts a gentleman was expected to have, alongside chess, calligraphy and painting.
How QIN is used
Countable: a qin, two qins. Also written guqin, where the first part means ancient.
- The qin is quiet enough that a cough drowns it.
- He studied the qin for ten years and played for nobody.
- A qin is laid flat on a table, not held.
- The notation for the qin gives the fingers and not the beat.
- Two qins from the same century sound quite different.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QIN
9 longer words begin with QIN.
Words ending in QIN
1 words end in QIN. Useful as a back hook: play QIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with QIN inside
1 words contain QIN in the middle. Words that start with QIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in QIN
Common questions about QIN
- Is QIN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and QIN is not in it.
- How many points is QIN worth?
- QIN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QIN mean?
- A Chinese zither with seven silk strings, played across the lap.
- What letters can be added to QIN?
- QIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of QIN:
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