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Yes. The word quarrel is a Scrabble US word. The word quarrel is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is quarrel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word quarrel is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

QUARREL,

6-letter words (1 found)

QUARER,

5-letter words (9 found)

ALURE,EQUAL,LURER,QUALE,QUARE,RULER,RURAL,URARE,UREAL,

4-letter words (13 found)

ARLE,EARL,LAER,LARE,LEAR,LURE,RALE,RARE,REAL,REAR,RUER,RULE,UREA,

3-letter words (16 found)

ALE,ALU,ARE,AUE,EAR,EAU,ERA,ERR,LAR,LEA,LEU,LUR,QUA,RUE,ULE,URE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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Definitions and meaning of quarrel

quarrel

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒɹ(ə)l/
  • (General American) enPR: kwôrʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈkwɔɹəl/
  • (NYC) enPR: kwŏrʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈkwɑɹəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɒɹəl
  • Hyphenation: quar‧rel

Etymology 1

From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman querele [and other forms] and Middle French querele, querelle (“altercation, dispute; basis for dispute; side in a dispute; complaint; accusation; legal suit; lament; problem”) (modern French querelle), and from their etymon Latin querēla, querella (“dispute; argument; complaint, grievance; legal complaint; lament; illness”), from querī + -ēla, -ella (suffix forming nouns). Querī is the present active infinitive of queror (“to complain; to bewail, lament; to be indignant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to puff; to sigh”).

Noun

quarrel (countable and uncountable, plural quarrels)

  1. (countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dispute
  2. (countable) Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
  3. (rare, uncountable) A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.
Alternative forms
  • quarrell (obsolete)
Derived terms
Related terms
  • querent
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English querelen (“to dispute, quarrel; to assert one's claims; to rebel”) [and other forms], from querele (noun); see etymology 1. Compare Anglo-Norman, Middle French, and Old French quereler, quereller (“to argue with, dispute; to criticize; to bring a legal suit”) (modern French quereller (“to quarrel, squabble”)).

Verb

quarrel (third-person singular simple present quarrels, present participle (UK) quarrelling or (US) quarreling, simple past and past participle (UK) quarrelled or (US) quarreled)

  1. (intransitive, also figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.
  2. (intransitive) To find fault; to cavil.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) Followed by at: to disagree with; to take offence.
  4. (transitive, obsolete except Scotland) To argue or squabble with (someone).
Conjugation
Alternative forms
  • quarrell (obsolete)
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Etymology 3

From Middle English quarrel (“bolt for an arbalest, crossbow, or siege engine; (figurative) seductive glance, temptation to sin; needle (possibly one square in cross-section); small (perhaps square-shaped) opening in window tracery; a cushion (perhaps square-shaped)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman quarel, quarele, quarrel, Middle French quarrel, and Old French quarel, quarrel, carrel (“crossbow bolt; floor tile or paving stone (rectangular- or square-shaped); small glass pane for windows”) (modern French carreau (“crossbow bolt; a tile; windowpane; a square”)), from Late Latin quarellus, quadrellus (“crossbow bolt; paving stone; a tile”), from Latin quadrum (“a square; square section; regular shape or form”) + -ellus (variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns, indicating small size or youth)). Quadrum is ultimately derived from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).

Noun

quarrel (countable and uncountable, plural quarrels)

  1. (countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
    Synonyms: (obsolete) carrel, quarry
  2. (countable, architecture) A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.
    Synonym: quarry
  3. (countable, Northern England, architecture) A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.
    Synonym: (archaic) quarry
  4. (countable, obsolete, rare) A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end.
  5. (countable, architecture, obsolete) A small square-shaped opening in window tracery.
Related terms
  • quarl
  • quarry
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Further reading

  • quarrel (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • crossbow bolt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org