Solve Quartiles puzzles in Apple News on Apple Vision Pro
In visionOS 1.2 or later, Apple News subscribers can solve Quartiles puzzles. Players select tiles containing two to four letters from a 4 by 5 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 rank.
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 also pinch and drag the tiles above the grid 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 found along with their scores, tap
To remove tiles you haven’t yet entered, tap .
Quartiles settings
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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 stats and streaks in your Scoreboard. Tapping the option after you reach Expert rank reveals the words you didn’t find, but doesn’t affect your stats or streaks.
Sort Found Quartiles: Choose to display Quartiles you’ve already found above or below the grid.
Share: Choose a sharing method to share a Quartiles puzzle with another Apple News subscriber.
More Puzzles: Open the Quartiles puzzle feed.