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Is sixty a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sixty is a Scrabble US word. The word sixty is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

S1I1X8T1Y4

Is sixty a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sixty is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

S1I1X8T1Y4

Is sixty a Words With Friends word?

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

S1I1X8T1Y3

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5-letter words (2 found)

SIXTY,XYSTI,

4-letter words (1 found)

XYST,

3-letter words (7 found)

ITS,SIT,SIX,STY,TIS,TIX,XIS,

2-letter words (6 found)

IS,IT,SI,ST,TI,XI,

You can make 16 words from sixty according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of sixty

sixty isxty sxity xsity ixsty xisty sitxy istxy stixy tsixy itsxy tisxy sxtiy xstiy stxiy tsxiy xtsiy txsiy ixtsy xitsy itxsy tixsy xtisy txisy sixyt isxyt sxiyt xsiyt ixsyt xisyt siyxt isyxt syixt ysixt iysxt yisxt sxyit xsyit syxit ysxit xysit yxsit ixyst xiyst iyxst yixst xyist yxist sityx istyx stiyx tsiyx itsyx tisyx siytx isytx syitx ysitx iystx yistx styix tsyix sytix ystix tysix ytsix itysx tiysx iytsx yitsx tyisx ytisx sxtyi xstyi stxyi tsxyi xtsyi txsyi sxyti xsyti syxti ysxti xysti yxsti styxi tsyxi sytxi ystxi tysxi ytsxi xtysi txysi xytsi yxtsi tyxsi ytxsi ixtys xitys itxys tixys xtiys txiys ixyts xiyts iyxts yixts xyits yxits ityxs tiyxs iytxs yitxs tyixs ytixs xtyis txyis xytis yxtis tyxis ytxis

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word sixty. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in sixty.

Definitions and meaning of sixty

sixty

Etymology

From Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (“sixty”), equivalent to six +‎ -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (“sixty”), Saterland Frisian säkstich (“sixty”), West Frisian sechstich (“sixty”), Dutch zestig (“sixty”), German Low German sesstig (“sixty”), German sechzig (“sixty”), Swedish sextio (“sixty”), Norwegian seksti (“sixty”), Icelandic sextíu (“sixty”). Compare also Sanskrit षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪkstɪ/
  • (General American) enPR: sĭksʹtē, IPA(key): /ˈsɪksti/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkstɪ, -ɪksti
  • Hyphenation: six‧ty

Numeral

sixty

  1. The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

Synonyms

  • Arabic numerals: 60
  • Roman numerals: LX

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Translations

See also

  • Previous: fifty-nine, fifty
  • Next: sixty-one, seventy
  • sexagesimal

Anagrams

  • xysti

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • cexty, sexti, sexty, sixti, syxty, zixti
  • (early) sextiȝ, sixtiȝ

Etymology

From Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz; equivalent to six +‎ -ty.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsikstiː/, /ˈsɛkstiː/

Numeral

sixty

  1. sixty

Descendants

  • English: sixty
  • Scots: sexty, saxty

References

  • “sixtī, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org