QUADRATURE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. QUADRATURE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUADRATURE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUADRATURE is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUADRATURE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quadraturesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUADRATURE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in QUADRATURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so QUADRATURE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does QUADRATURE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The process of finding a square equal in area to a given curved shape; also the position of two bodies ninety degrees apart.
Mathematicians once spent centuries on the quadrature of the circle, which is now known to be impossible with a compass and straightedge. Astronomers use quadrature for the moment the moon appears half lit, and engineers for two signals a quarter-cycle apart.
How QUADRATURE is used
Meaning shifts by field, so quadrature may refer to geometry, astronomy or signal processing.
- Squaring the circle is the famous problem of quadrature.
- At quadrature the moon is exactly half lit.
- The two signals were in quadrature, a quarter-cycle apart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUADRATURE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUADRATURE
1 longer words begin with QUADRATURE.
Shorter words from the letters in QUADRATURE
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Common questions about QUADRATURE
- Is QUADRATURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUADRATURE, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUADRATURE worth?
- QUADRATURE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUADRATURE mean?
- The process of finding a square equal in area to a given curved shape; also the position of two bodies ninety degrees apart.
- What letters can be added to QUADRATURE?
- QUADRATURE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of QUADRATURE:
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