QUITRENT is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. QUITRENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUITRENT?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUITRENT is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUITRENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quitrentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUITRENT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in QUITRENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so QUITRENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does QUITRENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A small fixed rent paid by a tenant in place of services once owed to a landlord.
Quitrent let a tenant buy release from older feudal duties. In some colonies it became a yearly charge on landowners and bred resentment.
How QUITRENT is used
Quitrent is an old property term for a small yearly payment.
- The estate collected a quitrent each year.
- He paid the quitrent in coin instead of labour.
- Colonists often resented the quitrent on their land.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUITRENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUITRENT
1 longer words begin with QUITRENT.
Shorter words from the letters in QUITRENT
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Common questions about QUITRENT
- Is QUITRENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUITRENT, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUITRENT worth?
- QUITRENT is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUITRENT mean?
- A small fixed rent paid by a tenant in place of services once owed to a landlord.
- What letters can be added to QUITRENT?
- QUITRENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of QUITRENT:
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