quartile
Plural: quartiles
Noun
- One of four equal groups into which data can be divided.
- (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
- Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
- Any one of the four groups so divided.
Examples
- His average score always placed him in the top QUARTILE of Words With Friends players.
- This school is ranked in the first quartile.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French quartil, from Medieval Latin quartilus.
Scrabble Score: 17
quartile: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordquartile: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
quartile: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
quartile: valid Words With Friends Word