QUIETIVE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 20 points

It depends on the list you play by. QUIETIVE 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 20 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept QUIETIVE?

Word power: 52 / 100

Our own measure of how useful QUIETIVE is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for QUIETIVE

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How QUIETIVE scores

Face value of the 8 tiles in QUIETIVE, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so QUIETIVE has to be built on the board across turns.

What stands out about QUIETIVE

• QUIETIVE 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

Words starting with QUIETIVE

1 longer words begin with QUIETIVE.

Shorter words from the letters in QUIETIVE

Common questions about QUIETIVE

Is QUIETIVE valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and QUIETIVE is not in it.

How many points is QUIETIVE worth?

QUIETIVE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to QUIETIVE?

QUIETIVE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.