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Word entry · 7 letters

sixteen

Best crossword clue

"Two times eight"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪks.tiːn/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted eeinstxStarts with SEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. being one more than fifteen

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English sextene, sixtene, from Old English sixtīene, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Cognate with West Frisian sechstjin, Dutch zestien, German sechzehn, Danish seksten. Equivalent to six + -teen.

Used in a sentence

  • Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
  • They'd spent one evening together sixteen months ago, and Falk was acutely aware that he'd probably airbrushed and edited at least some of it without meaning to.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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