QUEYN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 17 points
It depends on the list you play by. QUEYN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 17 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept QUEYN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUEYN is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUEYN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
queynsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUEYN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QUEYN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does QUEYN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A young woman or girl, especially in Scottish usage.
A queyn in older Scots speech could be spoken warmly, of a young girl, or with an edge, of a bold or forward woman, much as the related English word quean once carried the same double sense before it faded from common use. Spelling variants such as quine and queynie show how freely queyn moved between regional texts.
How QUEYN is used
Scots dialect; found in regional speech and older literature rather than standard English.
- The old song calls her a bonnie queyn.
- A queyn from the village helped with the harvest.
- He called his daughter his canny wee queyn.
- The ballad tells of a queyn waiting by the shore.
- Neighbours spoke fondly of the queyn next door.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUEYN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUEYN
3 longer words begin with QUEYN.
Shorter words from the letters in QUEYN
Common questions about QUEYN
- Is QUEYN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and QUEYN is not in it.
- How many points is QUEYN worth?
- QUEYN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUEYN mean?
- A young woman or girl, especially in Scottish usage.
- What letters can be added to QUEYN?
- QUEYN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QUEYN:
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