Is QUEUE a valid word?

QUEUE is a line of people or things waiting their turn, and also a braid of hair worn at the back of the head; as a verb it gives QUEUED, QUEUES and QUEUING (or QUEUEING). It is a dream word for a rack with the Q, two U tiles and two E tiles: four vowels and the Q in one play. QUEUE is famous because the last four letters are silent in speech, so you only hear the Q. In Britain people queue for buses; in North America they stand in line, but the word is valid everywhere.

Before any bonus squares: Q 10 + U 1 + E 1 + U 1 + E 1 = 14. On a double-word square that's 28, on a triple-word 42, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

Later in the game, put the Q on a 3L square and QUEUE is worth 34 before any word bonus.

Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.

No other word in the list uses exactly the letters Q, U, E, U and E.

QUEUE is a line of people waiting. Four vowels with the Q: Q, U, E, U, E.

• Vowel-heavy words

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