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Is sixteen a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sixteen is a Scrabble US word. The word sixteen is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

S1I1X8T1E1E1N1

Is sixteen a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sixteen is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

S1I1X8T1E1E1N1

Is sixteen a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sixteen is a Words With Friends word. The word sixteen is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1I1X8T1E1E1N2

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7-letter words (2 found)

EXTINES,SIXTEEN,

6-letter words (4 found)

EXINES,EXTINE,SEITEN,TENESI,

5-letter words (24 found)

ETENS,EXIES,EXINE,EXIST,EXITS,INSET,NEIST,NETES,NEXTS,NITES,NIXES,SEINE,SENTE,SENTI,SIENT,SIXTE,STEEN,STEIN,TEENS,TEINS,TENES,TENSE,TEXES,TINES,

4-letter words (34 found)

EINE,ENES,ENTS,ESNE,ETEN,EXES,EXIT,NEST,NETE,NETS,NEXT,NIES,NITE,NITS,NIXE,SEEN,SENE,SENT,SEXT,SIEN,SINE,SITE,SNEE,SNIT,STEN,STIE,TEEN,TEES,TEIN,TENE,TENS,TIES,TINE,TINS,

3-letter words (29 found)

EEN,ENE,ENS,EST,INS,ITS,NEE,NET,NIE,NIS,NIT,NIX,SEE,SEI,SEN,SET,SEX,SIN,SIT,SIX,TEE,TEN,TES,TEX,TIE,TIN,TIS,TIX,XIS,

2-letter words (14 found)

EE,EN,ES,ET,EX,IN,IS,IT,NE,SI,ST,TE,TI,XI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 108 words from sixteen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sixteen

sixteen

Alternative forms

  • Symbolic: 16
  • Roman: XVI

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (next word stressed near the first syllable)
    (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪks.tiːn/
  • (next word stressed after the first syllable)
    (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌsɪksˈtiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Numeral

sixteen

  1. The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • Ordinal: sixteenth

Translations

See also

  • Last: fifteen. Next: seventeen

Anagrams

  • exteins, extines, sextine

Middle English

Numeral

sixteen

  1. Alternative form of sixtene

Source: wiktionary.org