QUIZ is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. QUIZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUIZ?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUIZ is to know. It scores 22 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUIZ
Front hooks — 1
squizBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How QUIZ scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in QUIZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What stands out about QUIZ
- QUIZ scores 22 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
- QUIZ averages 5.5 points a tile — one of 118 words that dense.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does QUIZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
A test of knowledge, especially as entertainment.
Quiz once meant an odd-looking person and then a practical joke, and the test sense arrived only in the nineteenth century. The story that a Dublin theatre manager invented the word for a bet is entertaining and not true.
How QUIZ is used
Countable. Also a verb: quizzed, quizzing.
- The quiz has eight rounds and one of them is always music.
- The word quiz once meant an odd-looking person.
- They quizzed him for an hour and learned nothing.
- Two quizzes in the same pub on the same night.
- The story about who invented quiz is a good one and false.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUIZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUIZ
22 longer words begin with QUIZ.
Words ending in QUIZ
1 words end in QUIZ. Useful as a back hook: play QUIZ onto a word already on the board.
Words with QUIZ inside
19 words contain QUIZ in the middle. Words that start with QUIZ are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in QUIZ
Common questions about QUIZ
- Is QUIZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUIZ, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUIZ worth?
- QUIZ is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUIZ mean?
- A test of knowledge, especially as entertainment.
- What letters can be added to QUIZ?
- QUIZ takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of QUIZ:
Open QUIZ in the Word Finder