QUOIF is valid in Collins, not in North America — 17 points
It depends on the list you play by. QUOIF 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 17 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept QUOIF?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUOIF is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUOIF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quoifsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUOIF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QUOIF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What stands out about QUOIF
- QUOIF 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 QUOIF mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicallegal
A close-fitting cap, historically worn under a wig by serjeants-at-law and by nuns and other women.
A quoif covered the head snugly, tied under the chin, and served both practical and ceremonial roles, from marking a senior lawyer's rank in English courts to keeping a nun's hair covered. The spelling is an old variant of coif, which stayed in wider use.
How QUOIF is used
A historical costume term, mainly seen in legal and period writing.
- The old portrait showed the judge in his quoif.
- Nuns of the order wore a plain white quoif.
- The lawyer's quoif marked his rank among the serjeants.
- She kept her hair tucked beneath a linen quoif.
- Museum records describe the quoif as part of formal legal dress.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUOIF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUOIF
3 longer words begin with QUOIF.
Shorter words from the letters in QUOIF
Common questions about QUOIF
- Is QUOIF valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and QUOIF is not in it.
- How many points is QUOIF worth?
- QUOIF is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUOIF mean?
- A close-fitting cap, historically worn under a wig by serjeants-at-law and by nuns and other women.
- What letters can be added to QUOIF?
- QUOIF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QUOIF:
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