Scrabble & Words with friends points
- quarter is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
- quarter is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
- quarter is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17
Definition of quarter
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him (verb)
Examples
- in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
Synonyms
- draw
- draw and quarter
- one of four equal parts (noun)
Examples
- a quarter of a pound
Synonyms
- fourth
- fourth part
- one-fourth
- one-quarter
- quartern
- twenty-five percent
- the rear part of a ship (noun)
Synonyms
- after part
- poop
- stern
- tail
- provide housing for (military personnel) (verb)
Synonyms
- billet
- canton
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character (noun)
- a fourth part of a year; three months (noun)
Examples
- unemployment fell during the last quarter
- an unspecified person (noun)
Examples
- he dropped a word in the right quarter
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) (noun)
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) (noun)
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar (noun)
Examples
- he fed four quarters into the slot machine
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour (noun)
Examples
- it's a quarter til 4
- a quarter after 4 o'clock
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent (noun)
Examples
- he surrendered but asked for quarter
- divide by four; divide into quarters (verb)
- divide into quarters (verb)
Examples
- quarter an apple
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided (noun)
Examples
- both teams scored in the first quarter
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided (noun)
Examples
- the fall quarter ends at Christmas
- one of the four major division of the compass (noun)
Examples
- the wind is coming from that quarter
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp (noun)
See definition of quarter in Merriam Webster