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Is quadrant a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word quadrant is a Scrabble US word. The word quadrant is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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Is quadrant a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word quadrant is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

QUADRANT,

7-letter words (2 found)

QUADRAT,QUARTAN,

6-letter words (7 found)

DATURA,DRAUNT,DURANT,NATURA,QUANTA,TARAND,TUNDRA,

5-letter words (12 found)

ANTAR,ANTRA,ANURA,ARNUT,DAUNT,DRANT,QANAT,QUANT,QUART,RATAN,RUANA,TRANQ,

4-letter words (40 found)

ANTA,AQUA,ARNA,ATUA,AUNT,AURA,DANT,DARN,DART,DATA,DAUR,DAUT,DRAT,DUAN,DUAR,DUNT,DURA,DURN,NADA,NARD,NURD,QUAD,QUAT,RANA,RAND,RANT,RATA,RATU,RAUN,RUND,RUNT,TANA,TARA,TARN,TRAD,TUAN,TUNA,TUND,TURD,TURN,

3-letter words (27 found)

ANA,AND,ANT,ARD,ART,AUA,DAN,DUN,NAT,NUR,NUT,QAT,QUA,RAD,RAN,RAT,RUD,RUN,RUT,TAD,TAN,TAR,TAU,TUN,URD,URN,UTA,

2-letter words (12 found)

AA,AD,AN,AR,AT,DA,NA,NU,TA,UN,UR,UT,

You can make 101 words from quadrant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of quadrant

quadrant

Alternative forms

  • quadraunt (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kwŏdʹrənt, IPA(key): /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/
  • (General American) enPR: kwŏdʹrənt, IPA(key): /ˈkwɑd.ɹənt/

Etymology 1

From Middle English quadrant, from Old French cadran, quadrant and its etymon Latin quadrāns, -antis (“fourth part of something, quarter”). Doublet of quadrans.

Noun

quadrant (plural quadrants)

  1. One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
  2. (mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
  3. (geometry) One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
  4. (nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
  5. (college basketball) One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • octant
  • sextant

Etymology 2

From Middle English quadrant, quadrante, from Latin quadrātum; form influenced by Etymology 1. Doublet of quadrat and quadrate.

Noun

quadrant (plural quadrants)

  1. (obsolete) A square or quadrangle.

References

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quadrantem (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kwəˈðɾan]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [kwəˈðɾant]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [kwaˈðɾant]

Noun

quadrant m (plural quadrants)

  1. quadrant

Further reading

  • “quadrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “quadrant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “quadrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “quadrant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

quadrant

  1. gerund of quadrar

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadrantem (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.dʁɑ̃/

Noun

quadrant m (plural quadrants)

  1. quadrant

Further reading

  • “quadrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

quadrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of quadrō

Source: wiktionary.org