eighty

Plural: eighties

Noun

The cardinal number equivalent to eight times ten.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight

Adjective Satellite

being ten more than seventy

Num

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

Examples

He scored eighty points in one turn, much to the dismay of his Words With Friends opponent.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eiȝti, eyȝty, eiȝtety, aghty, from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą (“eighty”), equivalent to eight + -ty. Cognate with Scots hechty, auchty (“eighty”), Saterland Frisian tachentich (“eighty”), West Frisian tachtich (“eighty”), Dutch tachtig (“eighty”), Low German tachentig (“eighty”), German achtzig (“eighty”), Swedish åttio (“eighty”), Norwegian åtti (“eighty”), Icelandic áttatíu (“eighty”).

Synonyms

80, fourscore, lxxx, LXXX

Scrabble Score: 13

eighty: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
eighty: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eighty: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

eighty: valid Words With Friends Word