QIS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. QIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QIS?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QIS is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QIS
No single letter turns QIS into another word.
How QIS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in QIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What stands out about QIS
- QIS 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 QIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The Chinese-linked spelling of qi, the East Asian life-force concept behind tai chi and feng shui, taken as more than one.
Qi is the term standing behind acupuncture, tai chi and feng shui, and English took it in three spellings at once — qi, chi and ki — depending on which language and which decade the borrowing came through. The plural qis is rare in ordinary writing, since the thing is treated as a mass rather than as items, and it turns up mainly where several traditions are set side by side.
How QIS is used
The singular is normally uncountable; the plural appears only when separate kinds are being compared.
- The book compares the qis of three different traditions.
- He writes about qis in the plural, which few authors do.
- Both qis were said to be out of balance.
- Practitioners argue over how many qis the older texts describe.
- The lecture set the two qis side by side and found little in common.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in QIS
Common questions about QIS
- Is QIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QIS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QIS worth?
- QIS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QIS mean?
- The Chinese-linked spelling of qi, the East Asian life-force concept behind tai chi and feng shui, taken as more than one.
- What letters can be added to QIS?
- No single letter can be added to QIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of QIS:
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