Quartiles Game (quartilesgame.org)

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Join tiles of two to four letters into words and find the five four-tile Quartiles.

on quartilesgame.org

Quartiles Game daily grid on desktop: twenty tiles such as ab, pa, ally, tic and ies in four columns, score 0 and Quartiles 0/5

Quartiles Game is a free browser version of the tile word puzzle made popular by Apple News+. Each day's grid holds 20 tiles of two to four letters; you combine them into words for points, and finding all five four-tile words, the Quartiles, earns a 40-point bonus. It is not affiliated with Apple.

About Quartiles Game (quartilesgame.org)

Quartiles Game puts a 4x5 grid of tiles on screen, each holding two to four letters. You tap tiles in order to build a word and submit it. Longer words built from more tiles score more: 1 point for one tile, 2 for two, 4 for three and 8 for four. Every grid hides five words that each use four tiles, called Quartiles, and finding all five adds a 40-point bonus.

The daily puzzle is numbered from 4 December 2024 and changes at midnight UTC, so everyone plays the same grid on the same day. When you finish, the game offers Unlimited mode, which loads a random puzzle by number for as many extra rounds as you like.

The site carries ads and says it is not affiliated with Apple, Apple News or Apple News+ Quartiles. The same makers list Shrinkle and Tic-Tac-Word as their other games.

It suits players who like Apple's Quartiles but do not have Apple News+, or who want more than one grid a day.

How to play Quartiles Game (quartilesgame.org)

Open quartilesgame.org; today's grid of 20 tiles loads.
Tap tiles in order to spell a word and submit it.
Score more with words built from more tiles: 1, 2, 4 or 8 points.
Find the five four-tile words, the Quartiles, for a 40-point bonus.
When done, share your result or switch to Unlimited for more puzzles.

Screenshots

Quartiles Game after finding the Quartile practically from the tiles pr, ac, tic and ally: 8 points, Quartiles 1/5

Quartiles Game daily grid at phone size, the twenty tiles filling the width with the shuffle and submit buttons below

Tips

Look for common word endings such as -tion, -ness or -able on single tiles; they are often the last quarter of a Quartile.
Every tile belongs to exactly one Quartile, so a tile left over points to the one you are missing.
Short words from two tiles add up; collect them while hunting the long ones.