QUATERNION is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. QUATERNION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUATERNION?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUATERNION is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUATERNION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quaternionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUATERNION scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in QUATERNION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so QUATERNION has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about QUATERNION
- QUATERNION contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does QUATERNION mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A number system extending the complex numbers with four components, used to describe rotations in three dimensions.
Quaternions do not commute under multiplication, which makes them unlike ordinary numbers. Today they matter in computer graphics and robotics, where they avoid some problems of other rotation schemes. In older writing the word can simply mean a group of four.
How QUATERNION is used
Used in mathematics, physics and game programming; the older sense of a set of four is rare.
- The engine stores each rotation as a quaternion rather than three angles.
- Hamilton famously carved the quaternion rules into a bridge.
- A unit quaternion can represent any orientation in space.
- Multiplying one quaternion by another gives a combined rotation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUATERNION and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUATERNION
3 longer words begin with QUATERNION.
Shorter words from the letters in QUATERNION
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Common questions about QUATERNION
- Is QUATERNION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUATERNION, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUATERNION worth?
- QUATERNION is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUATERNION mean?
- A number system extending the complex numbers with four components, used to describe rotations in three dimensions.
- What letters can be added to QUATERNION?
- QUATERNION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of QUATERNION:
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