Definitions For Quinary

Noun

{{en-noun, quinaries}} (astrology) Any of 72 rays associated with the sun, six for each of the 12 houses of the zodiac.

Adjective

{{enum, en, quaternary, senary, Latin w:ordinal number (linguistics), ordinals, }} (not comparable) Of fifth rank or order. Consisting of five things; arranged in fives. (arithmetic) To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Translations

Catalan: quinari, m, quinària, f German: quinär Russian: пятеричный

Etymology

From the {{etyl, la, en}} quīnārius, , containing five each, from quīnī, , five each”, “five at a time + -ārius (whence the {{etyl, en, -}} suffix -ary); compare the {{cog, fr, quinaire}}, the {{cog, it, quinario}}, and the {{cog, pt, quinário}}. {{doublet, en, quinarius}}.

Is Quinary a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
20

The word Quinary is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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