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 score.
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.
Note: Apple News, Apple News+, and puzzles aren’t available in all countries or regions. See the . 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, and any Quartiles you find appear in groups of four tiles.
Not all possible words qualify in Quartiles puzzles. For example, obscure and technical terms, proper nouns, and profanity never appear in the word list.
Do any of the following:
Reorder your tiles: After you tap the tiles to place them above the grid, you can touch and hold, then drag to reorder them.
See points needed to move to the next rank: Tap Next Rank.
Clear tiles you don’t want to use: Tap on your iPad.
Open a Quartiles puzzle and start finding words.
Quartiles you find are anchored to the bottom of the grid. If you’d rather anchor them to the top of the grid, tap .
Go to the News app , then choose a sharing method to share a Quartiles puzzle with another Apple News+ subscriber.
Your rank appears in the email or message you send. Anyone who opens the puzzle can’t see your answers.