QUINARY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. QUINARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUINARY?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUINARY is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUINARY
No single letter turns QUINARY into another word.
How QUINARY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in QUINARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 686,195.
What does QUINARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Consisting of five parts, or arranged in fives.
Quinary is the five-based counterpart of binary and decimal. A quinary counting system groups numbers by five, probably because of the fingers of one hand. The word can also be a noun for a set of five.
How QUINARY is used
Quinary is a technical word used in mathematics and classification.
- Some old languages used a quinary system of counting.
- The plant has a quinary arrangement of petals.
- A quinary scale runs from one to five.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUINARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in QUINARY
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Common questions about QUINARY
- Is QUINARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUINARY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUINARY worth?
- QUINARY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUINARY mean?
- Consisting of five parts, or arranged in fives.
- What letters can be added to QUINARY?
- No single letter can be added to QUINARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of QUINARY:
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