QUINIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. QUINIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUINIC?
| 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 QUINIC is to know. It scores 17 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUINIC
No single letter turns QUINIC into another word.
How QUINIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in QUINIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does QUINIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to an acid found in cinchona bark and coffee beans.
Chemists meet this word almost only in the phrase quinic acid, a white crystalline compound. It gets its name from the same plant source as quinine.
How QUINIC is used
Quinic is a technical adjective used in chemistry and food science.
- Quinic acid is present in roasted coffee.
- The chemist isolated a quinic compound from the bark.
- Quinic derivatives add some of the bitterness to coffee.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUINIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in QUINIC
Common questions about QUINIC
- Is QUINIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUINIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUINIC worth?
- QUINIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUINIC mean?
- Relating to an acid found in cinchona bark and coffee beans.
- What letters can be added to QUINIC?
- No single letter can be added to QUINIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of QUINIC:
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