quaternary
NOUNADJECTIVE
/kwə'tɜrnəri/
10 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH Q
quaternary is a valid 10-letter word worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
Q10U1A1T1E1R1N1A1R1Y4
10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 =22 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 44TRIPLE WORD → 66
MEANING
What does quaternary mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
Last 2 million years.
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2
The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
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BROADER
ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1
Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude.
“the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present”
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SIMILAR
2
Consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four.
“a quaternary compound”
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SIMILAR