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Yes. The word eleven is a Scrabble US word. The word eleven is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word eleven is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

ELEVEN,ENLEVE,

5-letter words (5 found)

EEVEN,ELVEN,LEVEE,NEELE,NEVEL,

4-letter words (5 found)

EEVN,EVEN,LEVE,NEVE,VELE,

3-letter words (8 found)

EEL,EEN,ENE,EVE,LEE,LEV,NEE,VEE,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,EL,EN,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 25 words from eleven according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of eleven

eleven

Translingual

Etymology

From English eleven.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [iˈlɛvn]

Noun

eleven

  1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony code for 11, used only with o'clock to indicate direction

Alternative forms

  • Arabic numerals: 11
  • Roman numerals: XI

Etymology

From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Low German ölven, Dutch elf, German elf, Icelandic ellefu, Danish and Norwegian elleve.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɛvən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈlɛv.ən/, /iˈlɛvən/
  • (casually also) IPA(key): [ɪˈlɛbm̩]
  • Rhymes: -ɛvən

Numeral

eleven

  1. The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

Derived terms

  • elevenness, elevenses, eleventh, eleventeen, eleventy

Related terms

  • onety-one

Translations

See also

  • Last: ten. Next: twelve

Noun

eleven (plural elevens)

  1. (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
  2. (soccer) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
  3. (Internet, slang, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !!. Used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
    A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
    B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
  4. (countable, US, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.
    1. An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
    2. A very high level of intensity.

Synonyms

  • (sarcastic substitution for !): one, 1

Derived terms

See also

  • Appendix:English collective nouns

Catalan

Verb

eleven

  1. third-person plural present indicative of elevar

Danish

Noun

eleven c

  1. definite singular of elev

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of the obsolete form of the present participle élő (“living”), originally an adverb, compare hirtelen, meztelen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlɛvɛn]
  • Hyphenation: ele‧ven
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Adjective

eleven (comparative elevenebb, superlative legelevenebb)

  1. (literary or archaic) alive
    Synonym: élő
  2. lively
    Synonyms: élénk, fürge

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • eleven in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • eleven in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Middle English

Numeral

eleven

  1. Alternative form of elleven

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

eleven m

  1. definite singular of elev

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

eleven m

  1. definite singular of elev

Spanish

Verb

eleven

  1. inflection of elevar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

eleven

  1. definite singular of elev

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English eleven.

Numeral

eleven

  1. eleven

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also wanpela ten wan.

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