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Word entry · 5 letters

eight

Best crossword clue

"Number after seven"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /eɪt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted eghitStarts with EEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. being one more than seven

Word origin

From Middle English eighte, aught, eahte, ahte, from Old English eahta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Used in a sentence

  • The statement did not specify the location of that trip, but provided further details of her romantic life, stating that Saroukos and her husband spent eight days together before she returned to Australia on Dec. 21.
  • He works eight hours a day.
  • About eight on the Saturday morning, she purchases a large sheath-knife in the Palais Royal [...]

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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

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