QORMA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points
It depends on the list you play by. QORMA 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 16 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept QORMA?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QORMA is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QORMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
qormasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QORMA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QORMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about QORMA
- QORMA 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 QORMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A mild, richly spiced meat or vegetable dish braised in a sauce of yoghurt, cream, or nuts; a variant spelling of korma.
Qorma reached English through Persian and Mughal court cooking, carried into South Asian kitchens long before restaurant menus settled on a single English spelling. Cookbook authors writing across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries used qorma and korma almost interchangeably, and both spellings still sit side by side on takeaway menus today. Regional cooks argue more about the right balance of nuts, dairy, and warm spice for a good version than about which letters name the result.
How QORMA is used
Encountered mainly as a menu spelling alongside the more common form korma.
- The restaurant listed chicken qorma among its curries.
- She simmered the lamb qorma for over an hour.
- The cookbook gave an old recipe for vegetable qorma.
- Qorma is milder than many other curries on the menu.
- He preferred qorma to the spicier dishes on offer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QORMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QORMA
1 longer words begin with QORMA.
Shorter words from the letters in QORMA
Common questions about QORMA
- Is QORMA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and QORMA is not in it.
- How many points is QORMA worth?
- QORMA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QORMA mean?
- A mild, richly spiced meat or vegetable dish braised in a sauce of yoghurt, cream, or nuts; a variant spelling of korma.
- What letters can be added to QORMA?
- QORMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QORMA:
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