QUAERE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. QUAERE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUAERE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUAERE is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUAERE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUAERE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in QUAERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 83,618.
What stands out about QUAERE
- QUAERE runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does QUAERE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To ask or inquire; used to introduce a question that deserves investigation.
Writers once placed quaere before a doubtful point to show the matter needed looking into. It comes straight from Latin and survives mostly in legal notes.
How QUAERE is used
Found in older legal and scholarly writing.
- The editor added a note: quaere whether the date is correct.
- The clerk wrote quaere beside the doubtful entry.
- In his margin he would often quaere about the source.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUAERE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUAERE
3 longer words begin with QUAERE.
Shorter words from the letters in QUAERE
Common questions about QUAERE
- Is QUAERE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUAERE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUAERE worth?
- QUAERE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUAERE mean?
- To ask or inquire; used to introduce a question that deserves investigation.
- What letters can be added to QUAERE?
- QUAERE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of QUAERE:
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