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Is quango a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word quango is a Scrabble US word. The word quango is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

Q10U1A1N1G2O1

Is quango a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word quango is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

Q10U1A1N1G2O1

Is quango a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word quango is a Words With Friends word. The word quango is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Q10U2A1N2G3O1

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6-letter words (1 found)

QUANGO,

5-letter words (1 found)

GUANO,

4-letter words (4 found)

AGON,GAUN,GUAN,QUAG,

3-letter words (11 found)

AGO,GAN,GAU,GNU,GOA,GON,GUN,NAG,NOG,NUG,QUA,

2-letter words (11 found)

AG,AN,GO,GU,NA,NO,NU,ON,OU,UG,UN,

You can make 28 words from quango according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of quango

quango

Alternative forms

  • QUANGO

Etymology

From the initial letters (the first two letters for the first word) of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization. Coined by American president of the Carnegie Foundation Alan Pifer in 1967.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kwæŋ.ɡəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋɡəʊ
  • Hyphenation: quan‧go

Noun

quango (plural quangos)

  1. (UK, Ireland, government) An organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it.
    • 1998, Ferenc Miszlivetz; Katalin Ertsey, “Hungary: Civil Society in the Post-Socialist World”, in Alison van Rooy, editor, Civil Society and the Aid Industry: The Politics and Promise, London: Earthscan, OCLC ISBN 978-1-85383-553-7; republished as Civil Society and the Aid Industry (Earthscan Library Collection, Aid and Development; 3), London; Stirling, Va.: Earthscan, 2013, ISBN 978-1-84971-042-8, page 78:
      The strongest link to the State, however, occurs with quangos, (quasi-NGOs), and the many umbrella groups that also thrive on State support. Many of the new parties realized after their Sturm und Drang years that they still needed regular contacts with the 'civil' world and that their civilian support base had been seriously eroded.

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