QUINELA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. QUINELA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUINELA?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUINELA is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUINELA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quinelasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUINELA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in QUINELA, 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 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What does QUINELA mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A bet in which the player must pick the first two finishers of a race, in either order.
The quinela is popular in horse and dog racing because it needs no exact order of finish. It is an alternate spelling of the more common quiniela.
How QUINELA is used
Quinela is used in betting and racing contexts.
- He placed a quinela on the third race.
- A quinela pays when your two horses finish first and second.
- The quinela returned a large sum that afternoon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUINELA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of QUINELA
The 7 tiles of QUINELA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with QUINELA
1 longer words begin with QUINELA.
Shorter words from the letters in QUINELA
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Common questions about QUINELA
- Is QUINELA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUINELA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUINELA worth?
- QUINELA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUINELA mean?
- A bet in which the player must pick the first two finishers of a race, in either order.
- What letters can be added to QUINELA?
- QUINELA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of QUINELA:
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