quarter: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 16 letter points · starts with Q · ends with R
Meaning of quarter
noun
- broadly, countable, uncountable
A fourth part of something. Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
Example: I ate a quarter of the pizza.
- countable, uncountable
A fourth part of something. A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- countable, uncountable
A fourth part of something. A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- countable, uncountable
A fourth part of something. A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
Listed forms: quarters.
Source: Wiktionary — quarter.
adj
- not-comparable
Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
- not-comparable
Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%).
Example: a quarter hour; a quarter century; a quarter note; a quarter pound
- not-comparable
Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
Example: A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
Source: Wiktionary — quarter.
verb
- transitive
To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- transitive
To provide housing for (usually military personnel or equipment).
Example: Quarter the horses in the third stable.
- intransitive
To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- transitive
To quartersaw.
Listed forms: quarters, quartering, quartered.
Source: Wiktionary — quarter.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for quarter.
noun
one of four equal parts
noun
the rear part of a ship
verb
provide housing for (military personnel)
verb
pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- draw
- draw and quarter
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is quarter in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of quarter
Q(10) + U(1) + A(1) + R(1) + T(1) + E(1) + R(1) = 16 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of quarter
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from quarter
39 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in quarter. Showing up to 24, longest first.