QUINE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. QUINE 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 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept QUINE?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUINE is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUINE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUINE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QUINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does QUINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A girl or a young woman, in north-east Scots.
Quine belongs to Aberdeen and the country around it, where it pairs with loon for a boy, and both are used affectionately far more often than not. It is the same word that gave queen: the two split centuries ago, one going up the social scale and the other staying where it was.
How QUINE is used
Countable: a quine, two quines. Chiefly north-eastern Scotland.
- Aye, quine, and how is your mother?
- The quine behind the counter knew every name in the town.
- Quines and loons is how the school register was read out.
- He calls his daughter quine and always has.
- The word quine places a speaker within fifty miles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUINE
5 longer words begin with QUINE.
Words ending in QUINE
7 words end in QUINE. Useful as a back hook: play QUINE onto a word already on the board.
Words with QUINE inside
14 words contain QUINE in the middle. Words that start with QUINE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in QUINE
Common questions about QUINE
- Is QUINE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and QUINE is not in it.
- How many points is QUINE worth?
- QUINE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUINE mean?
- A girl or a young woman, in north-east Scots.
- What letters can be added to QUINE?
- QUINE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QUINE:
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