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Is century a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word century is a Scrabble US word. The word century is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is century a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word century is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is century a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word century is a Words With Friends word. The word century is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

CENTURY,

6-letter words (2 found)

CENTRY,CURNEY,

5-letter words (16 found)

CENTU,CERTY,CRUET,CURET,CURNY,CUTER,CUTEY,ENTRY,ERUCT,RECUT,RUNTY,TRUCE,TUNER,TUYER,URENT,YRENT,

4-letter words (26 found)

CENT,CERT,CRUE,CUNT,CURE,CURN,CURT,CUTE,CYTE,ECRU,RENT,RENY,RUNE,RUNT,TERN,TREY,TRUE,TRYE,TUNE,TUNY,TURN,TYER,TYNE,TYRE,UNCE,YURT,

3-letter words (32 found)

CRU,CRY,CUE,CUR,CUT,ECU,ERN,NET,NUR,NUT,NYE,REC,REN,RET,RUC,RUE,RUN,RUT,RYE,RYU,TEC,TEN,TRY,TUN,TYE,UEY,URE,URN,UTE,YEN,YER,YET,

2-letter words (13 found)

EN,ER,ET,NE,NU,NY,RE,TE,UN,UR,UT,YE,YU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 91 words from century according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of century

century

Etymology

From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundred”). The most common modern use is a shortening of century of years.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊɹi/, /ˈsɛnt͡ʃɹi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ɹi/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntʃʊɹiː, -ɛntʃɹiː, -ɛntʃəɹiː
  • Homophone: sentry (for some speakers)
  • Hyphenation: cen‧tu‧ry, cent‧ury

Noun

century (plural centuries)

  1. A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
  2. A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
    Holonyms: maniple, cohort, legion
  3. A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
  4. A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
  5. (cricket) A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
  6. (snooker) A score of one hundred points.
  7. (sports) A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
  8. (US, informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Synonyms

  • (period of 100 years): centennium (rare); yearhundred (v. rare); centenary (obsolete)
  • (Roman military unit): centuria

Derived terms

Related terms

  • centurion

Translations

See also

  • centennial, semicentennial, multicentennial, bicentennial, sesquicentennial, tricentennial, quadricentennial, quincentennial, sexcentennial, septicentennial, octocentennial, novocentennial
  • secular, plurisecular, multisecular
  • centenary, bicentenary, tricentenary, quadricentenary, quincentenary, sexcentenary, septicentenary, octocentenary, novocentenary
  • centenarian, multicentenarian

Anagrams

  • cuntery, curteyn

Source: wiktionary.org