QUISLING is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. QUISLING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUISLING?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUISLING is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUISLING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quislingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUISLING scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in QUISLING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so QUISLING has to be built on the board across turns.
What does QUISLING mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who betrays their country by helping an enemy that occupies it.
The word comes from the name of a Norwegian leader who cooperated with the German occupiers. Today a quisling is any collaborator seen as a traitor to their own side.
How QUISLING is used
A strongly insulting word, often used about political turncoats and wartime collaborators.
- The villagers hated the quisling who gave the soldiers their names.
- Historians still debate who was a genuine quisling and who was a reluctant official.
- He was branded a quisling for signing the surrender.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUISLING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUISLING
3 longer words begin with QUISLING.
Shorter words from the letters in QUISLING
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Common questions about QUISLING
- Is QUISLING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUISLING, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUISLING worth?
- QUISLING is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUISLING mean?
- A person who betrays their country by helping an enemy that occupies it.
- What letters can be added to QUISLING?
- QUISLING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of QUISLING:
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