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Is twelve a Scrabble word?

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

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Is twelve a Scrabble UK word?

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

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

TWELVE,

5-letter words (2 found)

TEWEL,TWEEL,

4-letter words (10 found)

EVET,LEET,LEVE,TEEL,TELE,TWEE,VELE,WEEL,WEET,WELT,

3-letter words (17 found)

EEL,EEW,ELT,EVE,EWE,EWT,LEE,LET,LEV,LEW,TEE,TEL,TEW,VEE,VET,WEE,WET,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EL,ET,EW,TE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 37 words from twelve according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of twelve

twelve

Translingual

Etymology

From English twelve.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtwɛlv]

Noun

twelve

  1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony code for 12, used only with o'clock to indicate direction

Alternative forms

  • Arabic numerals: 12
  • Roman numerals: XII
  • twelue (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf (“twelve”), from Proto-Germanic *twalif, an old compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”) (i.e., two left over after having already counted to ten), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian tweelf, tweelif, tweelich (“twelve”), West Frisian tolve (“twelve”), Dutch twaalf (“twelve”), German Low German twalf, twalv (“twelve”), German zwölf (“twelve”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tolv (“twelve”), Icelandic tólf (“twelve”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) enPR: twĕlv, IPA(key): /twɛlv/, [tw̥ɛɫv]
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: twəlv, IPA(key): /twəlv/, [tw̥əɫv], enPR: twĕlv, IPA(key): /twelv/, [tw̥eɫv]
  • (Southern American English, AAVE, dated) enPR: twĕv, IPA(key): /twɛv/, [tw̥ɛv]
  • Rhymes: -ɛlv

Numeral

twelve

  1. The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
    There are twelve months in a year.

Synonyms

  • twelveteen (nonstandard)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • Ordinal: twelfth

Descendants

  • → Japanese: トゥエルブ (tuerubu)

Translations

See also

  • Last: eleven. Next: thirteen

Noun

twelve (plural twelves)

  1. A group of twelve items.
    Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.
  2. A twelve-bore gun.
  3. (law, colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
  4. (slang) The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.
  5. (military slang, by ellipsis of twelve o'clock) Front (front side of something, position in front of something).
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:twelve.

Related terms

  • twelfth

See also

  • dozen

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • twelfe, twelf, twælf, tuelf

Etymology

From inflected froms of Old English twelf, from Proto-West Germanic *twalif, in turn from Proto-Germanic *twalif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtwɛlv(ə)/, /ˈtwɛlf(ə)/

Numeral

twelve

  1. twelve

Descendants

  • English: twelve
  • Scots: twal, twol (obsolete twelf, twalf, tuelf)

Source: wiktionary.org