seventy

Plural: seventies

Noun

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

Adjective Satellite

being ten more than sixty

Num

The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.

Examples

Scoring seventy points in one move is a rare and glorious feat in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English seventy, sevynty, from Old English hundseofontiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntēhundą (“seventy”), equivalent to seven + -ty. Cognate with Scots seiventy (“seventy”), Saterland Frisian soogentich (“seventy”), West Frisian santich (“seventy”), Dutch zeventig (“seventy”), German Low German söventig (“seventy”), German siebzig (“seventy”), Swedish sjuttio (“seventy”), Norwegian sytti (“seventy”), Icelandic sjötíu (“seventy”).

Synonyms

70, lxx, LXX

Scrabble Score: 13

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

Words With Friends Score: 14

seventy: valid Words With Friends Word