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quintin
/kˈwɪntɪn/ · 7 letters · 5 distinct letters
quintin is in Nectary’s accepted word list, but we don’t have a definition for it yet.
Word history
History of quintain
From Anglo Norman quintaine, quinteine, Middle French quintaine, probably from Latin quīntāna (“street separating fifth and sixth maniples in a Roman camp”), feminine form of quīntānus (“pertaining to the fifth”).
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- From the ENABLE word list, a public domain list made for word games.
- How common it is
- Used about once in every 6 million words.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word The ENABLE list is generous with rare words, so words found only there score as bonus words.