QUINACRINE is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. QUINACRINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUINACRINE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUINACRINE is to know. It scores 21 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUINACRINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quinacrinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUINACRINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in QUINACRINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so QUINACRINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does QUINACRINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalchemistry
A yellow synthetic drug once used against malaria and intestinal worms.
Quinacrine was a common malaria medicine in the Second World War, sold under the name Atabrine. Geneticists also use it as a fluorescent stain to show bands on chromosomes.
How QUINACRINE is used
Quinacrine appears in pharmacology, the history of medicine and cell genetics.
- Soldiers took quinacrine to prevent malaria.
- Quinacrine stains the chromosomes with bright bands.
- Doctors now rarely prescribe quinacrine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUINACRINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUINACRINE
1 longer words begin with QUINACRINE.
Shorter words from the letters in QUINACRINE
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Common questions about QUINACRINE
- Is QUINACRINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUINACRINE, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUINACRINE worth?
- QUINACRINE is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUINACRINE mean?
- A yellow synthetic drug once used against malaria and intestinal worms.
- What letters can be added to QUINACRINE?
- QUINACRINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of QUINACRINE:
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