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QUANTIZE

8 letters, 26 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What QUANTIZE Means

  1. verb: approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values
  2. verb: apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor“Quantize gravity”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

QUANTIZE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 26 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as Q10 U1 A1 N1 T1 I1 Z10 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In QUANTIZE

116 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (2)

6 letter words (8)

5 letter words (17)

4 letter words (33)

3 letter words (37)

2 letter words (19)

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