QUONDAM is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. QUONDAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUONDAM?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUONDAM is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUONDAM
No single letter turns QUONDAM into another word.
How QUONDAM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in QUONDAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does QUONDAM mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formalliterary
Former; that once was but is no longer.
Quondam is Latin for formerly and sounds deliberately old and scholarly in English. It goes before a noun, as in a quondam friend, and suggests a change in status or fortune over time.
How QUONDAM is used
Quondam is formal and literary, often used with a touch of irony.
- His quondam rival now ran the company.
- She greeted her quondam teacher with great warmth.
- The quondam king lived quietly in exile.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUONDAM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in QUONDAM
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Common questions about QUONDAM
- Is QUONDAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUONDAM, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUONDAM worth?
- QUONDAM is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUONDAM mean?
- Former; that once was but is no longer.
- What letters can be added to QUONDAM?
- No single letter can be added to QUONDAM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of QUONDAM:
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