percentile
Plural: percentiles
Noun
- (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total
- Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
- Any one of the hundred groups so divided.
Examples
- She is highly intelligent—she has an IQ in the top percentile.
Origin / Etymology
Coined by Francis Galton in 1885, from percent + -ile.
Synonyms
centile, %ile
Scrabble Score: 14
percentile: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpercentile: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
percentile: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
percentile: valid Words With Friends Word