Yes. QIVIUT is a valid word.
QIVIUT is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
QIVIUT is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About QIVIUT
QIVIUT is the fine, soft underwool of the arctic musk ox, gathered when the animal sheds and spun into some of the warmest yarn in the world. The word comes from Inuktitut, and its plural is QIVIUTS. QIVIUT is unusual because the Q is followed by an I, then a V: the Q, the 4-point V and three one-point tiles. Picture a musk ox standing in the snow, staying warm under its qiviut.
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QIVIUT scores 18 points
Before any bonus squares: Q 10 + I 1 + V 4 + I 1 + U 1 + T 1 = 18. On a double-word square that's 36, on a triple-word 54, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: QIVIUT as the first play
Later in the game, put the Q on a 3L square and QIVIUT is worth 38 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After QIVIUT (1):
- QIVIUTSform of QIVIUT: the wool of a musk ox
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from QIVIUT
Other forms of QIVIUT (1):
- QIVIUTSform of QIVIUT: the wool of a musk ox
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters Q, I, V, I, U and T.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
QIVIUT + S
- QIVIUTSform of QIVIUT: the wool of a musk ox
Memory tip
QIVIUT is the soft underwool of the musk ox, an Inuit word. Picture a musk ox in a cozy sweater.
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