QUESO is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. QUESO is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 15 points there.
Which word lists accept QUESO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUESO is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUESO
No single letter turns QUESO into another word.
How QUESO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QUESO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What does QUESO mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americaninformal
Cheese, or, in American usage, a warm dip made of melted cheese, often mixed with chilies.
Queso is simply the Spanish word for cheese, but it took on a narrower meaning once it crossed into American English, especially in Texas and the Southwest, where queso now usually means a bowl of melted cheese served warm with tortilla chips. Restaurant menus rarely bother translating it, and ordering queso in that setting means the dip, not a block of cheese from a shop. The dish itself, sometimes called chile con queso, blends cheese with chopped chilies, tomatoes, or spices.
How QUESO is used
Common on American restaurant menus and in everyday speech in the Southwest; used loosely for the dip rather than for cheese in general.
- We ordered a basket of chips and a bowl of queso to start.
- The recipe calls for melting the queso slowly so it does not separate.
- He likes his queso spicy, with extra jalapenos stirred in.
- The taco truck sells a small cup of queso as a side.
- Leftover queso hardens quickly once it cools.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUESO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in QUESO
Common questions about QUESO
- Is QUESO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUESO, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUESO worth?
- QUESO is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUESO mean?
- Cheese, or, in American usage, a warm dip made of melted cheese, often mixed with chilies.
- What letters can be added to QUESO?
- No single letter can be added to QUESO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QUESO:
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