Words Containing UINQ

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing UINQ?

QUINQUEVALENCY is worth 40 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are QUINQUEVALENCES (38), QUINQUEVALENCE (37), QUINQUENNIALLY (35).

Q: What is the longest word containing UINQ?

QUINQUAGENARIAN has 15 letters.

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All Words Containing UINQ 23 words

How often does UINQ appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 23 words containing UINQ. Most are 14 letters long, they average 33.1 points, the best is QUINQUEVALENCY (40 points) and 30.4% end in S.

Total words: 23
Most common length: 14 letters; 8 words
Average Scrabble score: 33.1; out of 40 max
Longest word: QUINQUAGENARIAN; 15 letters
Most common ending: S; 30.4% of words

Most common last letters

s 30.4%
e 21.7%
a 8.7%

Top vowel pairs

ui100%
ue78.3%
ia34.8%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing UINQ

q ₁₀u ₁i ₁n ₁q ₁₀u ₁e ₁v ₄a ₁l ₁e ₁n ₁c ₃y ₄

Q 10 + U 1 + I 1 + N 1 + Q 10 + U 1 + E 1 + V 4 + A 1 + L 1 + E 1 + N 1 + C 3 + Y 4 = 40 points

Double word: 80 pts
Triple word: 120 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

quinquevalency

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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