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QUITE is a familiar English word with an unusual word-game profile: its Q supplies 10 of its 14 Scrabble points, while the other four tiles add one point each. It also appears as a Wordle answer and allowed guess. For spelling clues, remember that QUIET uses exactly the same letters in a different order.

QUITE at a glance

• QUITE is five letters long and scores 14 points in Scrabble before any board bonuses.
• Its Q is worth 10 points; U, I, T, and E are each worth one.
• QUIET is QUITE’s only listed anagram.
• QUITE is both a Wordle answer and an allowed guess.

What does QUITE mean?

In everyday use, QUITE means “to the greatest extent or degree,” or “completely” and “entirely.” The meaning can shift with context: “quite ready” often means very ready, while “quite finished” can mean fully finished.

QUITE also has a specialized noun sense: a series of passes made with a cape to distract a bull. That rare meaning is a sharp contrast with the common adverb, so ordinary conversation almost always uses QUITE to express degree.

How does QUITE work in word games?

The 14-point Scrabble total comes from the Q, not from an unusual mix of small tiles. Save QUITE for a spot that pays you for the Q or opens a strong placement; the four one-point letters keep the rest of the word easy to fit.

Seven one-letter neighbors are recorded for QUITE, including QUOTE, SUITE, and QUITS. Those familiar spellings make useful checks when a board leaves four letters in place, but the full neighbor set also contains less common forms. The word is valid in Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE, though a particular game may use a narrower dictionary.

For a spelling clue, QUITE and QUIET are an exact anagram pair, not merely similar-looking words. The listed rhyme set includes WHITE and WRITE, but matching the “-ite” sound does not make those words anagrams.