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Is quint a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word quint is a Scrabble US word. The word quint is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is quint a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word quint is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Yes. The word quint is a Words With Friends word. The word quint is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

QUINT,

4-letter words (3 found)

QUIN,QUIT,UNIT,

3-letter words (7 found)

NIT,NUT,QIN,TIN,TUI,TUN,UNI,

2-letter words (7 found)

IN,IT,NU,QI,TI,UN,UT,

You can make 18 words from quint according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of quint

quint

English

Etymology

From Middle French quint, from Latin quīntus.

Pronunciation

  • (A musical or piquet term, or a quintuplet) IPA(key): /kwɪnt/, [kʰw̥ɪnt]
  • (A fencing term) IPA(key): /kwɛ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

quint (plural quints)

  1. (music) An interval of one fifth.
  2. (music) The E string of a violin.
  3. (card games) In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker
  4. (US, informal) a quin or quintuplet.
  5. (firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters that combines the capabilities of a fire engine and a fire truck, having the ability to provide vertical access as well as pump water to fight a fire.
  6. (fencing) quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quīntus (“fifth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈkin]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkint]

Adjective

quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)

  1. (ordinal number) fifth
    Synonym: cinquè

Derived terms

  • a la quinta forca

Noun

quint m (plural quints)

  1. (fractional number) fifth

Further reading

  • “quint” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʋɪnt/
  • Hyphenation: quint
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

quint f (plural quinten, diminutive quintje n)

  1. Superseded spelling of kwint.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin quīnam.

Adjective

quint (feminine quinta, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)

  1. (interrogative) what, which
    Synonym: quâl
  2. (exclamative) what

Derived terms

  • duquint
  • loquint
  • sé-quint
  • uquint

References

  • quel in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • quint in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “quīnam”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1477

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛ̃/

Adjective

quint (feminine quinte, masculine plural quints, feminine plural quintes)

  1. (dated) fifth, seldom used outside of titles
    Synonym: cinquième
    l’empereur Charles-Quint ― Emperor Charles V
    le pape Sixte-Quint ― Pope Sixtus V
  2. (archaic, medicine) occurring at an interval of five days
    la fièvre quinte ― quintan fever

Noun

quint m (plural quints)

  1. (obsolete) a fifth

Further reading

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

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Probably from English squint.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɪnt/
  • Hyphenation: quint

Verb

quint

  1. (vulgar) squeeze or contract the inner vaginal muscles, providing a tighter feel around the penis during intercourse.

Source: wiktionary.org