QUIMS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points
It depends on the list you play by. QUIMS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 16 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept QUIMS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUIMS is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUIMS
No single letter turns QUIMS into another word.
How QUIMS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QUIMS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does QUIMS mean in Scrabble?
noun
offensiveBritish
The same vulgar noun as it appears in the plural, met almost only inside old bawdy-verse lists and rhymes rather than in an ordinary count.
The plural is rarer than the singular and turns up mainly in older bawdy verse, where quims appears in a list for the rhyme as much as for the sense. Like the singular it left ordinary speech long ago, so a reader today meets quims in a footnote rather than in a conversation.
How QUIMS is used
Plural of quim. Offensive in every register, and described here rather than recommended.
- The editor cut quims from the reprint without a note.
- A glossary explains quims and gives one citation from the 1740s.
- Broadcasters treat quims exactly as they treat the singular.
- The verse rhymes quims with a place name and expects a laugh.
- Scholars quote quims in full and flag the line as coarse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUIMS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in QUIMS
Common questions about QUIMS
- Is QUIMS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUIMS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUIMS worth?
- QUIMS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUIMS mean?
- The same vulgar noun as it appears in the plural, met almost only inside old bawdy-verse lists and rhymes rather than in an ordinary count.
- What letters can be added to QUIMS?
- No single letter can be added to QUIMS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QUIMS:
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