Is QWERTYS a valid word?

QWERTYS is the plural of QWERTY, the standard keyboard layout named for the first letters on its top row. With seven tiles it is a bingo when played from your rack, earning the 50-point bonus in standard rules on top of a strong letter score from the Q, W and Y. If QWERTY is already on the board, the S hook turns it into QWERTYS and scores all those big letters again. The layout was designed for early typewriters in the 1870s and has stayed with us ever since. Other layouts exist, but QWERTY is the one on almost every keyboard.

Before any bonus squares: Q 10 + W 4 + E 1 + R 1 + T 1 + Y 4 + S 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.

Later in the game, put the Q on a 3L square and QWERTYS is worth 42 before any word bonus.

No other word in the list uses exactly the letters Q, W, E, R, T, Y and S.

QWERTYS is the plural of QWERTY, the keyboard. Seven tiles: Q, W, E, R, T, Y and S.

• Q without U

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