QUOIN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. QUOIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUOIN?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUOIN is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUOIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quoinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUOIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QUOIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about QUOIN
- QUOIN 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 QUOIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The external corner of a wall or building, often marked by a course of dressed stones; also a wedge used to lock printing type in place.
In architecture, a quoin is the cornerstone or dressed stone block at the external angle of a building, and quoins are often cut or laid in a way that visually reinforces the corner. In the separate trade of letterpress printing, a quoin is a small wedge or mechanical device used to lock lines of set type tightly into a frame called a chase. The two senses share the underlying idea of a wedge-like piece that secures or defines an edge. Architects and printers each use the term as ordinary trade vocabulary rather than as a specialist curiosity.
How QUOIN is used
Technical, used in architecture and building description as well as in traditional letterpress printing.
- A large stone quoin marked the corner of the old building.
- Masons dressed each quoin so it sat flush with the wall.
- The printer tightened the quoin to hold the type firmly in the chase.
- Restorers matched the new quoin to the weathered stone beside it.
- Without a quoin, the loose type would have fallen apart during printing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUOIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of QUOIN
The 5 tiles of QUOIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with QUOIN
4 longer words begin with QUOIN.
Shorter words from the letters in QUOIN
Common questions about QUOIN
- Is QUOIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUOIN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUOIN worth?
- QUOIN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUOIN mean?
- The external corner of a wall or building, often marked by a course of dressed stones; also a wedge used to lock printing type in place.
- What letters can be added to QUOIN?
- QUOIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QUOIN:
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