Scrabble Dictionary

Check if your word is playable in Scrabble.

Yes, quetzal is playable

...and is worth 27 points.

Found in the following dictionaries

Enable (Words with friends)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Quetzal" Definition

noun

A Central American bird (Pharomachrus mocino) that has brilliant bronze-green and red plumage and, in the male, long flowing tail feathers.
See Table at currency.
A Central American trogon () that has brilliant green plumage above, a red breast, and in the male long upper tail coverts.