QWERTY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. QWERTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QWERTY?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QWERTY is to know. It scores 21 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QWERTY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
qwertysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QWERTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in QWERTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about QWERTY
- QWERTY takes a Q without a U — one of only 93 words in our lists that do. That is the cheapest way to get rid of the ten-point tile.
- QWERTY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- QWERTY scores 21 points, more than twice the average for a 6-letter word (10.5).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does QWERTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Denoting the standard keyboard layout whose top row of letters begins with the keys Q, W, E, R, T and Y.
The name is simply the first six letters read along the upper row. It is what most English-language typists mean when they say a standard keyboard, as opposed to rearranged designs. Today qwerty is also used as a noun for the keyboard itself.
How QWERTY is used
Used to describe keyboards, layouts and sometimes the devices that carry them.
- She switched her phone from a qwerty layout to a numeric pad.
- A qwerty keyboard puts the vowels in awkward places for new typists.
- The shop sold a qwerty typewriter with a French accent key.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QWERTY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QWERTY
1 longer words begin with QWERTY.
Shorter words from the letters in QWERTY
Common questions about QWERTY
- Is QWERTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QWERTY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QWERTY worth?
- QWERTY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QWERTY mean?
- Denoting the standard keyboard layout whose top row of letters begins with the keys Q, W, E, R, T and Y.
- What letters can be added to QWERTY?
- QWERTY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of QWERTY:
Open QWERTY in the Word Finder