QUINSY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. QUINSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUINSY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUINSY is to know. It scores 18 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUINSY
No single letter turns QUINSY into another word.
How QUINSY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in QUINSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does QUINSY mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A painful abscess near the tonsils, causing swelling of the throat.
Quinsy makes swallowing hard and can in severe cases threaten the breathing. Nowadays doctors usually call it a peritonsillar abscess, and the older name survives mostly in historical writing.
How QUINSY is used
Dated medical term, found in older books and in discussion of historical illnesses.
- The old doctor diagnosed quinsy and drained the abscess.
- He could barely swallow because of the quinsy.
- Quinsy was a serious illness before antibiotics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUINSY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of QUINSY
The 6 tiles of QUINSY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in QUINSY
Common questions about QUINSY
- Is QUINSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUINSY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUINSY worth?
- QUINSY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUINSY mean?
- A painful abscess near the tonsils, causing swelling of the throat.
- What letters can be added to QUINSY?
- No single letter can be added to QUINSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of QUINSY:
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