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   Quin·tu·plet

   /kwinˈto͞oplət/

   

   noun

   • 1. each of five children born to the same mother at one birth.
   • 2. a group of five notes to be performed in the time of three or four.

   Word Origin late 18th century (denoting a set or arrangement of five things): from quintuple, on the pattern of words such as triplet.

   Scrabble Points: 21

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • U

     1

   • P

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

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