SQUIZ is valid in Collins, not in North America — 23 points
It depends on the list you play by. SQUIZ 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 23 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept SQUIZ?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SQUIZ is to know. It scores 23 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SQUIZ
No single letter turns SQUIZ into another word.
How SQUIZ scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SQUIZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What stands out about SQUIZ
- SQUIZ scores 23 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SQUIZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
AustralianNew Zealandinformal
A quick, close look at something.
A squiz is the sort of brief, curious glance someone takes to check on or examine an object without lingering. Asking mates for a squiz over the fence or across the room is a familiar request in everyday Australian and New Zealand speech.
How SQUIZ is used
Informal spoken usage across Australia and New Zealand, rare elsewhere.
- Give me a squiz at what you've bought.
- He took a squiz over the fence at the new neighbours.
- She had a quick squiz at the menu before deciding.
- Come and have a squiz at this photo.
- The mechanic had a squiz under the bonnet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SQUIZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SQUIZ
1 longer words begin with SQUIZ.
Shorter words from the letters in SQUIZ
Common questions about SQUIZ
- Is SQUIZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SQUIZ, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SQUIZ worth?
- SQUIZ is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SQUIZ mean?
- A quick, close look at something.
- What letters can be added to SQUIZ?
- No single letter can be added to SQUIZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SQUIZ:
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