Is QINDARKA a valid word?

QINDARKA is one of the plurals of QINDAR, the Albanian coin worth one hundredth of a lek; the other is QINDARS. At eight letters, QINDARKA can only be played through a letter that is already on the board, since a rack holds seven tiles. It carries both the Q and the 5-point K, so a well-placed QINDARKA is a memorable score. Remember it as QINDAR plus KA, the Egyptian spirit word that is also on the two-letter list. It is one of the longest Q words without a U that a player might ever see. Spotting it in a crowded endgame is the kind of find players talk about for years.

Before any bonus squares: Q 10 + I 1 + N 1 + D 2 + A 1 + R 1 + K 5 + A 1 = 22. On a double-word square that's 44, on a triple-word 66, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

No other word in the list uses exactly the letters Q, I, N, D, A, R, K and A.

QINDARKA is a plural of QINDAR, the Albanian coin: one QINDAR, many QINDARKA (or QINDARS).

• Q without U

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