262 words come out when you unscramble QUARTERNS, starting with QUARTERNS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, QUARTERS and QUARTERN lead with 17 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from QUARTERNS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 13 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 45 6-letter words you get when you unscramble QUARTERNS, 12 score 15 points, the group's best. RETURN, NATURE and SQUARE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from QUARTERNS; 11 of them share the top score of 14. RATES, NURSE and QUEST are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble QUARTERNS are led by QATS and QUAT, 13 points each. RATE, EAST and ARTS are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words from QUARTERNS, QAT, QUA and SUQ tie for first at 12 points. ARE, SET and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of QUARTERNS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with QU · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
QUARTERNS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept QUARTERNS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUARTERNS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 199 | 262 | 191 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 63 of them: EQUANTS, QUAREST, EQUANT, QUARER, QUATES, QUENAS, QUATS, QUENA, QUAT, AUNTERS, ARNUTS, ARRETS and 51 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: RESAT, NAES, NARE, ATS, EST, SAN, TES and TE.