QUILLAIA is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. QUILLAIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUILLAIA?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUILLAIA is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUILLAIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quillaiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUILLAIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in QUILLAIA, 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 | 2 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so QUILLAIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about QUILLAIA
- QUILLAIA 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 QUILLAIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A South American evergreen tree whose bark is rich in soap-like substances.
The bark of the quillaia is ground into an extract used in foods, drinks and cleaning products. Its common name is soapbark, because the extract foams in water.
How QUILLAIA is used
Quillaia is used in botany and in lists of food additives.
- Quillaia extract helps drinks keep their foam.
- The quillaia grows in the Chilean mountains.
- A label listed quillaia among the ingredients.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUILLAIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUILLAIA
1 longer words begin with QUILLAIA.
Shorter words from the letters in QUILLAIA
Common questions about QUILLAIA
- Is QUILLAIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUILLAIA, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUILLAIA worth?
- QUILLAIA is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUILLAIA mean?
- A South American evergreen tree whose bark is rich in soap-like substances.
- What letters can be added to QUILLAIA?
- QUILLAIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of QUILLAIA:
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