Definitions for dozen

dozen doz·en

Spelling: [duhz-uh n]
IPA: /ˈdʌz ən/

Dozen is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in dozen (denoz).

Definitions for dozen

noun

  1. a group of 12.
  2. the dozens, Slang. a ritualized game typically engaged in by two persons each of whom attempts to outdo the other in insults directed against members of the other's family (usually used in the phrase play the dozens).

adjective

  1. twelve.

verb (used with object)

  1. to stun.

Origin of dozen

1250-1300; Middle English dozeine Old French do(u)zaine, equivalent to do(u)ze (Latin duodecim) + -aine (Latin -āna) -an

Examples for dozen

For good measure a dozen followers of Gaumata had been added.

A dozen Revolutionary Guards were caught deep inside Pakistan, tracking Rigi.

Half a dozen of Percival's friends sat at the table with them from time to time.

In the living-room they found Louise Sampson and half a dozen girls.

We found that about a dozen natives had been to the springs while we were away.

In a country where talk is “cheap” and opinions are “a dime a dozen,” we give the facts special privileges and special status.

But mostly they hunt for this Andrew Lanning a dozen at a time.

A gifted marketer, he sent samples of the hat to merchandisers all over the West, asking for a minimum order of a dozen.

Perhaps on his own nowadays, Epstein is trying his best to webmaster over a dozen URLs.

Another picture showed him surrounded by a dozen or so fighters—some masked and others laughing.

Word Value for dozen
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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