QUASSIA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. QUASSIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUASSIA?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUASSIA is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUASSIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quassiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUASSIA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in QUASSIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does QUASSIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical American tree or shrub whose bitter wood and bark are used in medicine and as an insecticide.
Quassia is known above all for bitterness. Its wood has been used as a tonic, in pest control, and in the past as a replacement for hops in brewing.
How QUASSIA is used
Quassia names both the plant and the bitter material taken from it.
- A tea of quassia was once drunk as a tonic.
- Gardeners sprayed a quassia solution on the roses to kill aphids.
- The quassia tree grows in tropical forests.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUASSIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUASSIA
1 longer words begin with QUASSIA.
Shorter words from the letters in QUASSIA
Common questions about QUASSIA
- Is QUASSIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUASSIA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUASSIA worth?
- QUASSIA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUASSIA mean?
- A tropical American tree or shrub whose bitter wood and bark are used in medicine and as an insecticide.
- What letters can be added to QUASSIA?
- QUASSIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of QUASSIA:
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