Unscramble QUINARIES and you have 234 words, QUINARIES itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. INQUIRES and EQUINIAS are the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from QUINARIES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 28 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 28 6-letter words you get when you unscramble QUINARIES, 15 score 15 points, the group's best. SQUARE, INSURE and ARISEN are the ones most people know.
58 5-letter words from QUINARIES; 11 of them share the top score of 14. RAISE, NURSE and ARISE are everyday picks.
QINS, QUAI and QUIN share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble QUINARIES. NEAR, RISE and RAIN are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 3-letter words from QUINARIES tie at 12 points; none scores more. ARE, USE and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of QUINARIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with QU · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
QUINARIES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. QUINARIES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUINARIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 171 | 234 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EQUINIAS, EQUINIA, QUINIES, QUAIRS, QUENAS, QUINAS, QUINES, QUINIE, SAIQUE, SQUIER, QUAIR, QUENA and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: QIS, QI, NAIRUS, SARNIE, NAIRU, REAIS, ARIE, NAES, NARE, RAIS, RAI, SAN and 1 more, 13 in all.