QUINTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. QUINTAL 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 QUINTAL?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUINTAL is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUINTAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quintalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUINTAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in QUINTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 343,098.
What does QUINTAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms, or in older usage a hundredweight.
Quintal is still used for crop yields and trade in several countries, where harvests are counted per quintal. In English-speaking countries it once meant 100 or 112 pounds.
How QUINTAL is used
Quintal appears in agriculture and trade, especially in South Asia and Europe.
- The farmer sold wheat at a price per quintal.
- Each field produced about twenty quintals of grain.
- A quintal is equal to one hundred kilograms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUINTAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUINTAL
1 longer words begin with QUINTAL.
Shorter words from the letters in QUINTAL
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Common questions about QUINTAL
- Is QUINTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUINTAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUINTAL worth?
- QUINTAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUINTAL mean?
- A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms, or in older usage a hundredweight.
- What letters can be added to QUINTAL?
- QUINTAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of QUINTAL:
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