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Is tens a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tens is a Scrabble US word. The word tens is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word tens is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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4-letter words (6 found)

ENTS,NEST,NETS,SENT,STEN,TENS,

3-letter words (7 found)

ENS,EST,NET,SEN,SET,TEN,TES,

2-letter words (6 found)

EN,ES,ET,NE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 20 words from tens according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of tens

tens etns tnes ntes ents nets tesn etsn tsen sten estn setn tnse ntse tsne stne nste snte enst nest esnt sent nset snet

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Definitions and meaning of tens

tens

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛnz

Noun

tens

  1. plural of ten

Noun

tens pl (plural only)

  1. An inexact quantity or number, typically understood to be between 10 or 20 and 100.
    Synonym: dozens
  2. (poker slang) A pair of tens.
  3. The period from a year 100x + 10 to a year 100x + 19 (mostly referring to the 1910s or 2010s). The teens, the oneties.

Usage notes

To express inexact number, dozens is much more common than tens, except when conveying order of magnitude, such as "tens of thousands [, millions, etc]".

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Anagrams

  • ENTs, NEST, Sten, ents, nest, nets, sent, sent., snet

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tēnsus. Compare the inherited doublet tes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɛns]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈtens]

Adjective

tens (feminine tensa, masculine plural tensos, feminine plural tenses)

  1. tense, taut
    Antonym: lax

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈtens]

Verb

tens

  1. second-person singular present indicative of tenir
  2. second-person singular present indicative of tindre

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɛns]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈtens]

Verb

tens

  1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of tensar

Further reading

  • “tens” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “tens”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “tens” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “tens” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Verb

tens

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of ter

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French tens, tans, from Latin tempus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛns/

Noun

tens (plural tenses or tens)

  1. (grammar) tense

Descendants

  • English: tense

References

  • “tens(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tempus.

Noun

tens oblique singular, m (oblique plural tens, nominative singular tens, nominative plural tens)

  1. Alternative form of tans

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tenēs. Cognate with Galician tes and Spanish tienes. Also compare with vens.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃s, (Rio de Janeiro) -ẽj̃ʃ, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃ʃ
  • Hyphenation: tens

Verb

tens

  1. second-person singular present indicative of ter

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

tens

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ten

Anagrams

  • Sten, sent, sten

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