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Is quaint a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word quaint is a Scrabble US word. The word quaint is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

Q10U1A1I1N1T1

Is quaint a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word quaint is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

Q10U1A1I1N1T1

Is quaint a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word quaint is a Words With Friends word. The word quaint is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Q10U2A1I1N2T1

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6-letter words (2 found)

QUAINT,QUINTA,

5-letter words (4 found)

QUANT,QUINA,QUINT,TUINA,

4-letter words (14 found)

AITU,ANTI,AUNT,QUAI,QUAT,QUIN,QUIT,TAIN,TIAN,TINA,TUAN,TUNA,UNAI,UNIT,

3-letter words (19 found)

AIN,AIT,ANI,ANT,ITA,NAT,NIT,NUT,QAT,QIN,QUA,TAI,TAN,TAU,TIN,TUI,TUN,UNI,UTA,

2-letter words (12 found)

AI,AN,AT,IN,IT,NA,NU,QI,TA,TI,UN,UT,

You can make 51 words from quaint according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of quaint

quaint

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) enPR: kwānt, IPA(key): /kweɪnt/, [kʰweɪ̯nt]
  • Rhymes: -eɪnt

Etymology 1

From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognōscō (“I know”).

Adjective

quaint (comparative quainter, superlative quaintest)

  1. (obsolete) Of a person: cunning, crafty. [13th–19th c.]
  2. (obsolete) Cleverly made; artfully contrived. [14th–19th c.]
  3. (now dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual. [from 14th c.]
  4. (obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim. [15th–19th c.]
  5. Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm. [from 18th c.]
Synonyms
  • (overly discriminating): See also Thesaurus:fastidious
Derived terms
  • quaintly
  • quaintness
  • quaintsome
Translations

Etymology 2

A variant of quim, possibly as a euphemistic pun.

Noun

quaint (plural quaints)

  1. (archaic) The vulva. [from 14th c.]

Anagrams

  • quinta

Middle English

Adjective

quaint

  1. Alternative form of queynte

Source: wiktionary.org