Is QINDARS a valid word?

QINDARS is a plural of QINDAR, a small coin of Albania worth one hundredth of a lek; the word list also accepts QINDARKA as a plural. With seven letters it can be a bingo, a play that uses all seven tiles on your rack, which earns a 50-point bonus in standard rules. The letters besides the Q, I, N, D, A, R and S, are some of the friendliest in the bag, so this one comes up more often than you might expect. Coins this small are rarely used in shops today, but the words live on in the list.

Before any bonus squares: Q 10 + I 1 + N 1 + D 2 + A 1 + R 1 + S 1 = 17. On a double-word square that's 34, on a triple-word 51, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

Later in the game, put the Q on a 3L square and QINDARS is worth 37 before any word bonus.

Swap any one letter of QINDARS and these are still words:

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

QINDARS is a plural of QINDAR, the Albanian coin. The other plural is QINDARKA.

• Q without U

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