sixty
Plural: sixties
Noun
- The cardinal number equivalent to six times ten; 60.
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six
- A commercial lasting 60 seconds.
Adjective Satellite
- being ten more than fifty
Num
- The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.
Examples
- He scored over sixty points with his triple word, triple letter play.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (“sixty”), equivalent to six + -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (“sixty”), Saterland Frisian säkstich (“sixty”), West Frisian sechstich (“sixty”), Dutch zestig (“sixty”), German Low German sesstig (“sixty”), German sechzig (“sixty”), Swedish sextio (“sixty”), Norwegian seksti (“sixty”), Icelandic sextíu (“sixty”). Compare also Sanskrit षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi).
Synonyms
60, lx, LX, threescore
Scrabble Score: 15
sixty: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsixty: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sixty: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary