QUILLAJA is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. QUILLAJA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 29 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUILLAJA?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUILLAJA is to know. It scores 24 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUILLAJA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quillajasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUILLAJA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in QUILLAJA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so QUILLAJA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does QUILLAJA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A South American evergreen tree whose soapy bark is used in washing and in making foam.
The quillaja grows in Chile and nearby lands, and its bark contains saponins that lather in water. Extracts of the quillaja go into shampoos, drinks and sprays as natural foaming agents. The same tree is known by names such as quillai.
How QUILLAJA is used
Quillaja is the botanical name for the soapbark tree.
- Chilean villagers washed wool with quillaja bark.
- A quillaja extract gives the drink its foam.
- The quillaja stood alone on the hillside.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUILLAJA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUILLAJA
1 longer words begin with QUILLAJA.
Shorter words from the letters in QUILLAJA
Common questions about QUILLAJA
- Is QUILLAJA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUILLAJA, where it scores 29 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUILLAJA worth?
- QUILLAJA is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 29 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUILLAJA mean?
- A South American evergreen tree whose soapy bark is used in washing and in making foam.
- What letters can be added to QUILLAJA?
- QUILLAJA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of QUILLAJA:
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