QUILLAI is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. QUILLAI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUILLAI?
| 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: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUILLAI is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUILLAI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUILLAI scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in QUILLAI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does QUILLAI mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The soapbark tree, an evergreen native to Chile, whose bark is used to make a foaming substance.
Quillai bark contains saponins that lather in water, so it has long been used as a natural cleaner and in some drinks and medicines. The tree is also known by several spelling variants.
How QUILLAI is used
Quillai names both the Chilean tree and its bark.
- Extract from the quillai is added to some soft drinks as a foaming agent.
- The quillai grows wild in central Chile.
- Villagers washed wool with powdered quillai bark.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUILLAI and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUILLAI
3 longer words begin with QUILLAI.
Shorter words from the letters in QUILLAI
Common questions about QUILLAI
- Is QUILLAI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUILLAI, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUILLAI worth?
- QUILLAI is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUILLAI mean?
- The soapbark tree, an evergreen native to Chile, whose bark is used to make a foaming substance.
- What letters can be added to QUILLAI?
- QUILLAI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of QUILLAI:
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