QUAD is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. QUAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUAD?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUAD is to know. It scores 14 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUAD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in QUAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does QUAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A quadrangle; also, one of four children born together.
Quad does four jobs at once: a courtyard, one of four siblings, a bike and a unit in printing. Every one of them is clipped from a longer word beginning with the same four letters, which is why they collide.
How QUAD is used
Countable: a quad, two quads. Informal.
- The quad is closed to visitors during term.
- The word quad is clipped from four different longer ones.
- Two quads were born and the hospital was unprepared.
- A quad in printing is a blank space.
- A quad bike is named from the number of wheels.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUAD
Showing 24 of 173 words that begin with QUAD.
Words ending in QUAD
3 words end in QUAD. Useful as a back hook: play QUAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with QUAD inside
Showing 24 of 26 words that contain QUAD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with QUAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in QUAD
Common questions about QUAD
- Is QUAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUAD, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUAD worth?
- QUAD is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUAD mean?
- A quadrangle; also, one of four children born together.
- What letters can be added to QUAD?
- QUAD takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of QUAD:
Open QUAD in the Word Finder