QUOAD is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. QUOAD is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept QUOAD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUOAD is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUOAD
No single letter turns QUOAD into another word.
How QUOAD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QUOAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What stands out about QUOAD
- QUOAD runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does QUOAD mean in Scrabble?
preposition
legal
As far as, or with respect to; used to limit a statement to a particular extent or aspect.
Quoad is a Latin word kept alive in English legal and academic writing to mark exactly how far a rule or statement applies. It typically appears joined to another Latin word, as in quoad hoc, meaning as far as this particular matter is concerned. Scottish church law once used quoad sacra to describe a parish created only for religious purposes rather than civil ones. Outside such technical phrases the word is almost never used in ordinary English.
How QUOAD is used
This word is confined to legal, ecclesiastical, and scholarly Latin phrases rather than everyday writing.
- The ruling applied quoad the specific clause in dispute.
- Lawyers cited the old phrase quoad hoc to limit the scope of the argument.
- The parish was recognised quoad sacra but not for civil purposes.
- The judgment held quoad that single point and no further.
- Scholars traced the term quoad back to its use in canon law.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUOAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in QUOAD
Common questions about QUOAD
- Is QUOAD valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and QUOAD is not in it.
- How many points is QUOAD worth?
- QUOAD is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUOAD mean?
- As far as, or with respect to; used to limit a statement to a particular extent or aspect.
- What letters can be added to QUOAD?
- No single letter can be added to QUOAD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QUOAD:
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