sextet
Plural: sextets
Noun
- A group of six people or things, especially musicians.
- a musical composition written for six performers
- the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
- six performers or singers who perform together
- a set of six similar things considered as a unit
- six people considered as a unit
- Any group of six people or things.
- A composition for six voices or instruments.
- A group of six singers or instrumentalists.
Examples
- His perfect sextet of letters formed a high-scoring word on the Scrabble board.
Origin / Etymology
From French sextette, from Italian sestetto.
Synonyms
6, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextette, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer, sixsome, VI
Scrabble Score: 13
sextet: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsextet: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sextet: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary