sext

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
11
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/sɛkst/

Definition of sext

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
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noun

  1. (historical)Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
  2. The service appointed for this hour.
  3. A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
  4. (obsolete)An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.
  5. An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images.
    “Embarrassed by a ‘Sext’ Message”

verb

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To send a sext.
    “Rebecca Loos claimed she was 'sexted' by Beckham”
    “[…] trying to get into the swing of things by texting my husband (I was a little tipsy, I will admit): "How do you sext someone?" hoping to engage in the latest trend. All I got was, "What!" in reply.”
    “The next day, Greg sexted me a few pictures of his package.”
    “We would talk on the phone for hours and then text and sext the rest of the day.”
    “Sexting sonnets / Under the tables”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”). Doublet of siesta.

Anagrams of sext

1 play · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from sext

8 playable · top: SEX (10 pts)

Best play sex 10 points

3-letter words

3 words

2-letter words

4 words

Hooks

2 extensions · 2 back

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