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Is thirty a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word thirty is a Scrabble US word. The word thirty is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is thirty a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word thirty is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

T1H4I1R1T1Y4

Is thirty a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word thirty is a Words With Friends word. The word thirty is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

THIRTY,

5-letter words (1 found)

YIRTH,

4-letter words (2 found)

RITT,THIR,

3-letter words (6 found)

HIT,RHY,RIT,THY,TIT,TRY,

2-letter words (3 found)

HI,IT,TI,

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

Definitions and meaning of thirty

thirty

Alternative forms

  • threety (obsolete or nonstandard); thirtie (obsolete)
  • Arabic numerals: 30
  • Roman numerals: XXX

Etymology

From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thriti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þrītiġ (“thirty”), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz (“thirty”, literally “three tens”), equivalent to three +‎ -ty. Cognate with Scots therty, tretty (“thirty”), West Frisian tritich (“thirty”), Dutch dertig (“thirty”), German dreißig (“thirty”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɜːti/
  • (General American) enPR: thŭr′tē, IPA(key): /ˈθɝti/, [ˈθɝɾi]
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti

Numeral

thirty

  1. The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:thirty.

Synonyms

  • triacontad

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See also

  • (ordinal: the last of 30): thirtieth, trigesimal
  • (adjectival form): tricenary
  • (around 30): thirtyish
  • (containing 30 of something): trigesimal
  • (a 30-year-old person): tricenarian, thirtysomething
  • (every 30 years): tricennial, trigintennial
  • (30-sided figure): triacontahedron, triacontagon
  • (30-sided): triacontahedral

Noun

thirty (plural thirties)

  1. (slang) A rack of thirty beers.

References


Source: wiktionary.org