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12 letters · 27 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a long stout staff used as a weapon
originFrom quarter + staff, attested since about 1550. Probably originally referred to a staff cut from the heartwood of a certain size of tree which was cleft into four parts, per the OED.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- quaffers 23
- quaffer 22
- quaffs 21
- quaff 20
- quarters 17
- quartets 17
- squatter 17
- quarter 16
- quartes 16
- quartet 16
- quatres 16
- squarer 16