QUIDNUNC is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. QUIDNUNC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUIDNUNC?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUIDNUNC is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUIDNUNC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quidnuncsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUIDNUNC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in QUIDNUNC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so QUIDNUNC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does QUIDNUNC mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A person who is always eager for the latest gossip and news.
Quidnunc comes straight from the Latin for what now, which is exactly the question such a person keeps asking. It is a literary word for the village busybody.
How QUIDNUNC is used
Quidnunc is found in older essays and novels as a mocking label for a gossip.
- The town quidnunc knew every secret before breakfast.
- He was a quidnunc who haunted the coffee houses for rumours.
- No quidnunc could have missed the scandal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUIDNUNC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUIDNUNC
1 longer words begin with QUIDNUNC.
Shorter words from the letters in QUIDNUNC
Common questions about QUIDNUNC
- Is QUIDNUNC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUIDNUNC, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUIDNUNC worth?
- QUIDNUNC is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUIDNUNC mean?
- A person who is always eager for the latest gossip and news.
- What letters can be added to QUIDNUNC?
- QUIDNUNC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of QUIDNUNC:
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