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Is quean a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word quean is a Scrabble US word. The word quean is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is quean a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word quean is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

QUEAN,QUENA,

4-letter words (1 found)

AUNE,

3-letter words (6 found)

ANE,AUE,EAN,EAU,NAE,QUA,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AN,EA,EN,NA,NE,NU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 18 words from quean according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of quean

quean uqean qeuan equan ueqan euqan quaen uqaen qauen aquen uaqen auqen qeaun eqaun qaeun aqeun eaqun aequn ueaqn euaqn uaeqn aueqn eauqn aeuqn quena uqena qeuna equna ueqna euqna qunea uqnea qnuea nquea unqea nuqea qenua eqnua qneua nqeua enqua nequa uenqa eunqa uneqa nueqa enuqa neuqa quane uqane qaune aqune uaqne auqne qunae uqnae qnuae nquae unqae nuqae qanue aqnue qnaue nqaue anque naque uanqe aunqe unaqe nuaqe anuqe nauqe qeanu eqanu qaenu aqenu eaqnu aeqnu qenau eqnau qneau nqeau enqau neqau qaneu aqneu qnaeu nqaeu anqeu naqeu eanqu aenqu enaqu neaqu anequ naequ ueanq euanq uaenq auenq eaunq aeunq uenaq eunaq uneaq nueaq enuaq neuaq uaneq auneq unaeq nuaeq anueq naueq eanuq aenuq enauq neauq aneuq naeuq

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Definitions and meaning of quean

quean

English

Alternative forms

  • quine (Scotland)
  • quene, queane (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English quene (young, robust woman), from Old English cwene (woman, female serf), from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (woman), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (woman).

Cognate with Dutch kween (a barren woman, a barren cow), Low German quene (barren cow, heifer), German Kone (wife), Swedish kvinna (woman), Icelandic kona (woman), Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉 (qinō, woman), 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns, wife). More at queen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn
  • Homophone: queen

Noun

quean (plural queans)

  1. (archaic) A woman, now especially an impudent or disreputable woman; a prostitute. [from 10th c.]
  2. (Scotland) A young woman, a girl; a daughter. [from 15th c.]

Derived terms

  • cuckquean
  • cot-quean

Anagrams

  • quena

Scots

Alternative forms

  • quine (Doric)

Etymology

From Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (woman), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (woman).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwin/, /kwen/, /kwəin/

Noun

quean (plural queans)

  1. young woman, girl
  2. daughter
  3. maidservant
  4. female sweetheart
  5. (Shetland) A ram incapable of procreation, a hermaphrodite sheep.

Source: wiktionary.org