quarter
Quarter can refer to a district of a city having some distinguishing character, a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour, or one of four equal parts. As a verb, quarter can mean to pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them, provide housing for (military personnel), or divide by four; divide into quarters.
Length
7
Scrabble
16
WWF
17
Starts
QU
Ends
TER
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “QUARTER” Mean?
quarter has 18 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
14 sensesa district of a city having some distinguishing character
“the Latin Quarter”
(football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
“both teams scored in the first quarter”
a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
“it's a quarter til 4”
“a quarter after 4 o'clock”
one of four periods into which the school year is divided
“the fall quarter ends at Christmas”
a fourth part of a year; three months
“unemployment fell during the last quarter”
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one of the four major division of the compass
“the wind is coming from that quarter”
a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
“he fed four quarters into the slot machine”
an unspecified person
“he dropped a word in the right quarter”
piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
“he surrendered but asked for quarter”
Verb
4 sensespull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
“in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes”
Synonyms
divide into quarters
“quarter an apple”
divide by four; divide into quarters
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
one of four equal parts
Length
7 letters
Starts With
Q
Ends With
R
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
Q, U, A, R, T, E, R
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★QUARTER can be valuable in Scrabble because it includes a high-impact letter. Look for premium squares and parallel plays.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆QUARTER is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆QUARTER can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆QUARTER contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Q
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFD
CV Pattern
CVVCCVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
QU, UA, AR, RT, TE, ER
Trigrams
QUA, UAR, ART, RTE, TER
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