QUARE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. QUARE 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 QUARE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUARE is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUARE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How QUARE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QUARE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does QUARE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Irishdialect
Very or remarkably; used in Irish English as an intensifier before an adjective or noun.
In Irish English, quare works much like very or extremely, strengthening the word that follows it, as in a quare size or a quare fright. The form developed from a regional pronunciation but has taken on its own steady use as an intensifier in everyday speech in Ireland. Unlike a simple spelling change, quare is heard in set phrases and carries a distinct local flavour that marks the speaker as Irish. It appears mainly in speech and in dialogue written to capture Irish speech patterns.
How QUARE is used
Regional Irish English; heard in speech and in dialogue meant to represent an Irish accent, rarely in formal writing.
- That was a quare long journey for one afternoon.
- He gave a quare laugh when he heard the news.
- It's a quare cold morning for May.
- She got a quare fright when the door banged shut.
- The old man had a quare way of telling a story.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUARE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUARE
6 longer words begin with QUARE.
Words ending in QUARE
3 words end in QUARE. Useful as a back hook: play QUARE onto a word already on the board.
Words with QUARE inside
19 words contain QUARE in the middle. Words that start with QUARE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in QUARE
Common questions about QUARE
- Is QUARE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUARE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUARE worth?
- QUARE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUARE mean?
- Very or remarkably; used in Irish English as an intensifier before an adjective or noun.
- What letters can be added to QUARE?
- QUARE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QUARE:
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