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Is eighties a Scrabble word?

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

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Is eighties a Scrabble UK word?

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

E1I1G2H4T1I1E1S1

Is eighties a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word eighties is a Words With Friends word. The word eighties is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

EIGHTIES,

6-letter words (3 found)

EIGHTS,HISTIE,SITHEE,

5-letter words (21 found)

EGEST,EIGHT,GEEST,GEIST,GEITS,GESTE,GHEES,GHEST,GITES,HEIST,HETES,SHEET,SHITE,SIEGE,SIETH,SIGHT,SITHE,THEES,THESE,THIGS,TIGES,

4-letter words (35 found)

EGIS,EISH,ETHE,ETHS,GEES,GEIT,GEST,GETS,GHEE,GHIS,GIES,GIST,GITE,GITS,HEST,HETE,HETS,HIES,HIST,HITS,ISIT,SHET,SHIT,SIGH,SITE,SITH,STIE,TEES,TEGS,THEE,THIG,THIS,TIES,TIGE,TIGS,

3-letter words (30 found)

EHS,EST,ETH,GEE,GET,GHI,GIE,GIS,GIT,HES,HET,HIE,HIS,HIT,ISH,ITS,SEE,SEG,SEI,SET,SHE,SIG,SIT,TEE,TEG,TES,THE,TIE,TIG,TIS,

2-letter words (14 found)

EE,EH,ES,ET,GI,HE,HI,IS,IT,SH,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 105 words from eighties according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of eighties

eighties

Alternative forms

  • (of the decade) Eighties, 'eighties

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪtiz

Noun

eighties

  1. plural of eighty

Noun

eighties pl (plural only)

  1. The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.
    • 1919, Harry Hamilton Johnston, The Gay-Dombeys: A Novel, Macmillan, page 172,
      He and his clever staff of minor blackguards exploited to the full every weakness and caries in the London Society of the 'eighties, 'nineties, and 'oughts.
  2. The decade of one's life from age 80 through age 89.
  3. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 80 and 89.

Synonyms

  • '80s, 80s

Hyponyms

  • 1880s, 1980s

Translations

See also

  • octogenarian

Adjective

eighties (not comparable)

  1. From or evoking the 81st through 90th years of a century (chiefly the 1980s).
    Sue picked a playlist of eighties music for the dinner to remind her wife of that night they met all those years ago.

Source: wiktionary.org