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Is ninth a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ninth is a Scrabble US word. The word ninth is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

N1I1N1T1H4

Is ninth a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ninth is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

N1I1N1T1H4

Is ninth a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ninth is a Words With Friends word. The word ninth is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

N2I1N2T1H3

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5-letter words (1 found)

NINTH,

4-letter words (2 found)

HINT,THIN,

3-letter words (6 found)

HIN,HIT,INN,NIT,NTH,TIN,

2-letter words (4 found)

HI,IN,IT,TI,

You can make 13 words from ninth according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ninth

ninth

English

Etymology

From Middle English nynthe, nynte, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô; the -n- was reinserted by analogy with nine. Equivalent to nine +‎ -th (ordinal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) enPR: nīnth, IPA(key): /naɪnθ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnθ

Adjective

ninth (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal form of the number nine.

Synonyms

  • 9th, IXth, (in names of monarchs and popes) IX

Translations

Noun

ninth (plural ninths)

  1. The person or thing in the ninth position.
  2. One of nine equal parts of a whole.
  3. (music) The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).

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Verb

ninth (third-person singular simple present ninths, present participle ninthing, simple past and past participle ninthed)

  1. To lose a ninth.
  2. To divide by nine.

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