/kəˈsidə/
noun

Is QASIDA a Scrabble word?

Yes, in one Scrabble list. QASIDA is valid in Collins, but not in ENABLE and NWL2023. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends.

Not in NWL Collins Not in ENABLE

Meaning An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.

Noun 2 meanings

  1. An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.

  2. An Urdu panegyric poem

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: qasida via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Arabic قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda).

QASIDA at a glance

QASIDA has 6 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (Q 10 + A 1 + S 1 + I 1 + D 2 + A 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #759,733 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -IDA

More endings

Same last three letters as QASIDA. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • CANDIDA11
  • BIFIDA12
  • SIDA5
  • QUERIDA17
  • CORRIDA10
  • ASAFOETIDA14
  • ZENAIDA17
  • GRAVIDA12
  • ZAIDA15
  • ASAFETIDA13
  • PRIMIGRAVIDA21
  • ASSAFOETIDA15

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