Definitions For Quintain

Noun

QUINTAIN (plural QUINTAINs) (now, _, historical) An object (generally a post or plank on a support) set up as a target to be tilted at in jousting, or otherwise used as target practice. from 15th c.

Related terms

quintile quintuplicate

Etymology

From {{etyl, xno, en}} quintaine, quinteine, {{etyl, frm, en}} quintaine, probably from {{etyl, la, en}} quīntāna, , street separating fifth and sixth maniples in a Roman camp, feminine form of quintanus, quīntānus, pertaining to the fifth.

Is Quintain 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
17
Words with Friends
20

The word Quintain is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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