QUICH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points
It depends on the list you play by. QUICH 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 19 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept QUICH?
| 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 QUICH is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUICH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quicheChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How QUICH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QUICH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What stands out about QUICH
- QUICH scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does QUICH mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To stir or move slightly, typically used in a negative construction to say something did not move at all.
The verb quich appears in Spenser and in writing that imitates his archaic style. It is almost always found with a negative, saying that a sleeping or wounded figure did not once quich, meaning showed no movement whatsoever. Outside quotation and glossaries of old poetry the word has dropped out of use entirely.
How QUICH is used
Archaic literary verb; met almost exclusively in Spenser and in works quoting or imitating his language.
- In Spenser's verse, the wounded knight did not once quich.
- The leaves seemed to quich in the faint evening breeze.
- Not a muscle appeared to quich as the guard passed by.
- Old glossaries note that quich means simply to stir or move.
- The poet wrote that the sleeper did not quich until dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUICH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUICH
4 longer words begin with QUICH.
Words with QUICH inside
2 words contain QUICH in the middle. Words that start with QUICH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in QUICH
Common questions about QUICH
- Is QUICH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and QUICH is not in it.
- How many points is QUICH worth?
- QUICH is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUICH mean?
- To stir or move slightly, typically used in a negative construction to say something did not move at all.
- What letters can be added to QUICH?
- QUICH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QUICH:
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