thirteen
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Definition of thirteen
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
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The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.
“There are thirteen cards of each of the four suits in a deck of playing cards.”
“His brother's age is thirteen.”
“During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]”
“In the summer of 2014, at least thirteen BTGs and elements of five SPETSNAZ units were poised on the Ukrainian border.³⁶”
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Etymology
From Middle English thirttene, variant (through metathesis) of thrittene, from Old English þrēotīene, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun, compound of *þrīz (“three”) + *tehun (“teen”). Cognate with West Frisian trettjin, Dutch dertien, German dreizehn, Danish tretten. Equivalent to three + -teen.
Words you can make from thirteen
113 playable · top: NEITHER (10 pts)
Best play neither 10 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
18 words5-letter words
26 words- ETHER 8 pts
- HIREE 8 pts
- ITHER 8 pts
- TEETH 8 pts
- TENTH 8 pts
- THEIN 8 pts
- THEIR 8 pts
- THERE 8 pts
- THINE 8 pts
- THREE 8 pts
- TITHE 8 pts
- ENTER 5 pts
- INERT 5 pts
- INTER 5 pts
- NITER 5 pts
- NITRE 5 pts
- RENTE 5 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- TENET 5 pts
- TERNE 5 pts
- TETRI 5 pts
- TITER 5 pts
- TITRE 5 pts
- TREEN 5 pts
- TRINE 5 pts
- TRITE 5 pts
4-letter words
28 words- HEIR 7 pts
- HENT 7 pts
- HERE 7 pts
- HERN 7 pts
- HINT 7 pts
- HIRE 7 pts
- TETH 7 pts
- THEE 7 pts
- THEN 7 pts
- THIN 7 pts
- THIR 7 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- NETT 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENT 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINT 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
3-letter words
25 words2-letter words
12 wordsHooks
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