QUIESCENT is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. QUIESCENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUIESCENT?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUIESCENT is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUIESCENT
No single letter turns QUIESCENT into another word.
How QUIESCENT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in QUIESCENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so QUIESCENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about QUIESCENT
- QUIESCENT runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does QUIESCENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Quiet and inactive for the time being, but able to become active again.
A volcano may be quiescent for centuries before erupting. The word differs from dead, since it implies a pause rather than an end.
How QUIESCENT is used
Formal, used in science, medicine and descriptive writing.
- The disease remained quiescent for years.
- A quiescent volcano loomed over the town.
- Cells stay quiescent until they receive a signal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUIESCENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUIESCENT
1 longer words begin with QUIESCENT.
Shorter words from the letters in QUIESCENT
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Common questions about QUIESCENT
- Is QUIESCENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUIESCENT, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUIESCENT worth?
- QUIESCENT is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUIESCENT mean?
- Quiet and inactive for the time being, but able to become active again.
- What letters can be added to QUIESCENT?
- No single letter can be added to QUIESCENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of QUIESCENT:
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