QUILL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. QUILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUILL?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUILL is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUILL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUILL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QUILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What does QUILL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large stiff feather, especially one shaped and used as a pen, or one of the sharp spines of a porcupine or hedgehog.
Before steel and fountain pens became common, writers cut the hollow shaft of a large bird feather into a point and dipped it in ink to form a quill pen. The word also names the stiff, sharp spines covering a porcupine or hedgehog, which the animal raises for defence when threatened. Both senses share the idea of a stiff, pointed shaft, whether it grows from a bird's wing or an animal's back. Historical writing and calligraphy still refer to the quill as a symbol of careful, old-fashioned penmanship.
How QUILL is used
Used both literally for a feather pen or animal spine and figuratively for old-fashioned writing.
- The clerk dipped his quill in the inkwell before signing the ledger.
- A single quill from the porcupine caught in the dog's paw.
- She kept an old quill on her desk as a decoration.
- The museum displayed a quill said to have belonged to the poet.
- The startled hedgehog raised a sharp quill along its back.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUILL
24 longer words begin with QUILL.
Words ending in QUILL
1 words end in QUILL. Useful as a back hook: play QUILL onto a word already on the board.
Words with QUILL inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain QUILL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with QUILL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in QUILL
Common questions about QUILL
- Is QUILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUILL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUILL worth?
- QUILL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUILL mean?
- A large stiff feather, especially one shaped and used as a pen, or one of the sharp spines of a porcupine or hedgehog.
- What letters can be added to QUILL?
- QUILL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QUILL:
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