QUARTAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. QUARTAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUARTAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUARTAN is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUARTAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quartansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUARTAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in QUARTAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does QUARTAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Describing a fever, especially of malaria, that returns every third day.
Quartan counts inclusively, so the attacks come on the first and fourth day with two quiet days between. Doctors once used it to tell one kind of malaria from another, and it can also be a noun for the fever itself.
How QUARTAN is used
Quartan is a medical term, now mostly historical, used with fever or malaria.
- The old physician diagnosed a quartan fever.
- Quartan malaria was well known in marshy regions.
- He suffered a quartan attack every third day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUARTAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUARTAN
1 longer words begin with QUARTAN.
Shorter words from the letters in QUARTAN
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Common questions about QUARTAN
- Is QUARTAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUARTAN, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUARTAN worth?
- QUARTAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUARTAN mean?
- Describing a fever, especially of malaria, that returns every third day.
- What letters can be added to QUARTAN?
- QUARTAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of QUARTAN:
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