QUACKSALVER is a valid Scrabble word — 29 points
Yes. QUACKSALVER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 29 points in Scrabble and 33 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUACKSALVER?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUACKSALVER is to know. It scores 29 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUACKSALVER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quacksalversChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUACKSALVER scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in QUACKSALVER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so QUACKSALVER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does QUACKSALVER mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A person who falsely claims medical skill and sells worthless remedies; a charlatan.
The quacksalver of old fairs and market squares shouted the wonders of his ointments to a gullible crowd. The word is the older form from which the shorter quack was later clipped.
How QUACKSALVER is used
Quacksalver is a dated and mildly literary word for a fraudulent healer.
- A travelling quacksalver sold bottles of coloured water as a cure-all.
- The villagers distrusted the quacksalver and his miraculous salves.
- Satirists of the period loved to mock the pompous quacksalver.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUACKSALVER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUACKSALVER
1 longer words begin with QUACKSALVER.
Shorter words from the letters in QUACKSALVER
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Common questions about QUACKSALVER
- Is QUACKSALVER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUACKSALVER, where it scores 33 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUACKSALVER worth?
- QUACKSALVER is worth 29 points in Scrabble and 33 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUACKSALVER mean?
- A person who falsely claims medical skill and sells worthless remedies; a charlatan.
- What letters can be added to QUACKSALVER?
- QUACKSALVER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of QUACKSALVER:
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