Is QINTARS a valid word?

QINTARS is the plural of QINTAR, a coin of Albania worth one hundredth of a lek, also spelled QINDAR. It uses seven tiles, so playing it from your rack is a bingo with a 50-point bonus in standard rules. Besides the Q, every letter in QINTARS is a one-point tile, which makes it more likely to appear on a real rack than most seven-letter Q words. If QINTAR is already on the board, adding the S also counts the Q again. The Q is the only tile in the word worth more than one point.

Before any bonus squares: Q 10 + I 1 + N 1 + T 1 + A 1 + R 1 + S 1 = 16. On a double-word square that's 32, on a triple-word 48, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

Later in the game, put the Q on a 3L square and QINTARS is worth 36 before any word bonus.

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

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

QINTARS is the plural of QINTAR, the Albanian coin. Seven tiles, and six of them are worth one point.

• Q without U

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