QUININE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. QUININE 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 QUININE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 60 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUININE is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUININE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quininesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUININE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in QUININE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 617,576.
What does QUININE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A bitter drug obtained from cinchona bark, used as a tonic and long used to treat malaria.
Quinine gives tonic water its bitter taste. It was for centuries the main treatment for malaria and is still used in some cases, while newer drugs have replaced it for most patients.
How QUININE is used
Quinine is used in medicine, history and drink-making.
- Explorers carried quinine to protect them from fever.
- Tonic water contains a small amount of quinine.
- The bark of the cinchona tree is the source of quinine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUININE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUININE
1 longer words begin with QUININE.
Shorter words from the letters in QUININE
Common questions about QUININE
- Is QUININE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUININE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUININE worth?
- QUININE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUININE mean?
- A bitter drug obtained from cinchona bark, used as a tonic and long used to treat malaria.
- What letters can be added to QUININE?
- QUININE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of QUININE:
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