USQUEBAES is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. USQUEBAES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept USQUEBAES?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful USQUEBAES is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for USQUEBAES
No single letter turns USQUEBAES into another word.
How USQUEBAES scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in USQUEBAES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so USQUEBAES has to be built on the board across turns.
What does USQUEBAES mean in Scrabble?
noun
ScotsIrish
Measures or kinds of usquebae, an old word for whisky, in the plural.
The word is the Gaelic phrase for water of life, worn down by English mouths over three centuries until only the first part was left — which is where the modern name came from. Usquebaes as a plural means measures or kinds of it, and it survives chiefly in verse, where the longer form fits a line the short one would leave short.
How USQUEBAES is used
Plural of usquebae. Archaic; found in both Scots and Irish writing, from Gaelic. The ordinary modern word is whisky.
- The poem counts the usquebaes and loses track by the fourth.
- Two usquebaes were poured and neither was measured.
- Usquebaes of that age were not for drinking quickly.
- The inventory lists usquebaes among the household stores.
- Nobody has written usquebaes in earnest for two hundred years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of USQUEBAES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about USQUEBAES
- Is USQUEBAES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts USQUEBAES, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is USQUEBAES worth?
- USQUEBAES is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does USQUEBAES mean?
- Measures or kinds of usquebae, an old word for whisky, in the plural.
- What letters can be added to USQUEBAES?
- No single letter can be added to USQUEBAES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of USQUEBAES:
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