QUA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. QUA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUA?
| 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: 65 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUA is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How QUA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in QUA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does QUA mean in Scrabble?
preposition
formal
In the capacity of; as.
Qua is Latin and it does one job that no English word does as briefly: it separates a thing from a role. A judge qua judge is bound by rules that the same person qua citizen is not, and the whole distinction fits into three letters.
How QUA is used
Placed between two repetitions of a noun — man qua man. Formal.
- The question is about the office qua office, not the man in it.
- A poem qua poem owes nothing to the life of its author.
- He spoke qua chairman and not as a shareholder.
- The word qua marks a line that English otherwise takes a clause to draw.
- Money qua money has no properties at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUA
Showing 24 of 595 words that begin with QUA.
Words ending in QUA
7 words end in QUA. Useful as a back hook: play QUA onto a word already on the board.
Words with QUA inside
Showing 24 of 662 words that contain QUA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with QUA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about QUA
- Is QUA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUA worth?
- QUA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUA mean?
- In the capacity of; as.
- What letters can be added to QUA?
- QUA takes 6 hooks: 1 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of QUA:
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