Quires
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of quire, meaning sets of 24 or 25 sheets of paper grouped together, or folded gatherings of pages forming a section of a hand-bound book.
“The bookbinder sorted the printed sheets into quires before stitching the sections of the volume together.”
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QUI opening with RES ending, the IRES ending is a useful Wordle pattern that helps eliminate many letters at once
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Q (10 pts) with common moderate tiles, QUIRES is a valid technical term worth knowing for competitive Scrabble
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