QUACKERY is a valid Scrabble word — 26 points
Yes. QUACKERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 26 points in Scrabble and 27 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUACKERY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUACKERY is to know. It scores 26 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUACKERY
No single letter turns QUACKERY into another word.
How QUACKERY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in QUACKERY, 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 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so QUACKERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about QUACKERY
- All 8 letters of QUACKERY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does QUACKERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The dishonest claims and practices of someone pretending to have medical or other expert skill.
Quackery is the old-fashioned label for miracle cures sold by people with no training. The word is now applied to any fake remedy or empty promise made for profit.
How QUACKERY is used
Used in medicine, journalism and everyday talk to condemn fraudulent treatments and false expertise.
- The magazine exposed the quackery behind the miracle pills.
- Doctors warned patients against medical quackery online.
- Selling tap water as a cure is plain quackery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUACKERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in QUACKERY
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Common questions about QUACKERY
- Is QUACKERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUACKERY, where it scores 27 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUACKERY worth?
- QUACKERY is worth 26 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUACKERY mean?
- The dishonest claims and practices of someone pretending to have medical or other expert skill.
- What letters can be added to QUACKERY?
- No single letter can be added to QUACKERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of QUACKERY:
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