QUACK is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. QUACK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUACK?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUACK is to know. It scores 20 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUACK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUACK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QUACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What stands out about QUACK
- QUACK scores 20 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does QUACK mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make the short, harsh, honking sound that a duck makes.
When people say a duck can quack, they mean it produces this distinctive vocal sound. The word is also used loosely to describe anything, such as a toy or a person, that imitates or resembles that same noise.
How QUACK is used
Common everyday word; used both literally for real ducks and playfully for imitations of the sound.
- The duck began to quack loudly as soon as it saw the bread.
- Every morning the pond fills with ducks that quack at passersby.
- The children laughed when the toy duck let out a squeaky quack.
- He tried to quack like a duck to make the baby smile.
- A single quack broke the silence of the empty farmyard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUACK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUACK
20 longer words begin with QUACK.
Shorter words from the letters in QUACK
Common questions about QUACK
- Is QUACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUACK, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUACK worth?
- QUACK is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUACK mean?
- To make the short, harsh, honking sound that a duck makes.
- What letters can be added to QUACK?
- QUACK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QUACK:
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