QUAHOG is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. QUAHOG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUAHOG?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUAHOG is to know. It scores 19 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUAHOG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quahogsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUAHOG scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in QUAHOG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does QUAHOG mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A large, thick-shelled edible clam found along the Atlantic coast of North America.
The quahog is a staple of New England cooking and the main ingredient in many chowders. Native peoples once made beads from its purple-edged shell and used them as money. Small young ones are sold as littlenecks, while the big old ones are chopped for soup.
How QUAHOG is used
Used in cooking, fishing and coastal history of the eastern United States.
- We dug for a quahog in the muddy shallows.
- The chef chopped the quahog for the chowder.
- A quahog shell lay on the beach, edged with purple.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUAHOG and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUAHOG
1 longer words begin with QUAHOG.
Shorter words from the letters in QUAHOG
Common questions about QUAHOG
- Is QUAHOG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUAHOG, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUAHOG worth?
- QUAHOG is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUAHOG mean?
- A large, thick-shelled edible clam found along the Atlantic coast of North America.
- What letters can be added to QUAHOG?
- QUAHOG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of QUAHOG:
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