Solve Quartiles puzzles
In iPadOS 17.5 and later, Apple News+ subscribers can solve Quartiles puzzles. Players select tiles containing two to four letters from a four-by-five grid to form words. You can use up to four tiles per word, and the more tiles you use, the more points you receive. A word formed from four tiles is called a Quartile and is worth 8 points. When you find all five Quartiles, you receive an additional 40 points. The object of the game is to earn the 100 points necessary to reach the Expert rank. You can continue forming words and accumulating points even after you’ve reached Expert.
Solve a Quartiles puzzle
To solve a Quartiles puzzle, tap tiles in the order you want them to appear, then tap to enter the word. After you tap the tiles to place them above the grid, you can touch and hold, then drag to reorder them.
For example, to score a single point, tap “pear,” then tap . To score 2 points, tap “ap,” then “pear” to form the word, “appear.” Go for 4 points by tapping “ap,” “pear,” then “ance.” Complete the Quartile and score 8 points by spelling “disappearance.”
Completed words appear in the Words Found box. To see all the words you’ve found along with their scores, tap in the Words Found box. After you’ve reached the Expert rank, the Words Found box shows how many unfound words remain. Not all possible words appear in the word list. For example, obscure and technical terms, proper nouns, and profanity never appear in the word list.
To remove tiles you haven’t yet entered, tap . To shuffle the tiles, tap
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Quartiles settings
Tap to view these settings:
How to Play: Run through a quick Quartiles tutorial.
Rankings: Tap to see your current ranking—Novice, Apprentice, Builder, Artisan, Wordsmith, or Expert—and the number of points needed to move to the next rank.
Reveal All Words: Select to view all the possible tile combinations.
Tapping this option before you reach Expert rank completes the puzzle, but excludes it from your Scoreboard stats and streaks. Tapping the option after you reach Expert level reveals the words you didn’t find, but doesn’t affect your stats or streaks.
Sort Found Quartiles: Tap to choose whether the Quartiles you’ve found sort to the top of the grid or the bottom of the grid.
Share: Choose a sharing method to share a Quartiles puzzle with another Apple News+ subscriber.
More Puzzles: Open the Quartiles puzzle feed.