QUIETUS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. QUIETUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUIETUS?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUIETUS is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUIETUS
No single letter turns QUIETUS into another word.
How QUIETUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in QUIETUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What stands out about QUIETUS
- QUIETUS 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 QUIETUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Death, or something that ends life or activity, seen as a release.
Quietus began as a legal word for the final settlement of a debt or account. Shakespeare gave it the meaning of release by death, which is how it is still used when writers want a solemn tone.
How QUIETUS is used
Quietus is literary and often appears in the phrase to get one's quietus.
- The old king found his quietus in the night.
- The new rule gave the failing plan its quietus.
- Hamlet speaks of making a quietus with a bare dagger.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUIETUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUIETUS
1 longer words begin with QUIETUS.
Shorter words from the letters in QUIETUS
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Common questions about QUIETUS
- Is QUIETUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUIETUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUIETUS worth?
- QUIETUS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUIETUS mean?
- Death, or something that ends life or activity, seen as a release.
- What letters can be added to QUIETUS?
- No single letter can be added to QUIETUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of QUIETUS:
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