Definitions for dozens

dozens doz·en

Spelling: [duhz-uh n]
IPA: /ˈdʌz ən/

Dozens is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in dozens (denosz).

Definitions for dozens

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 dozens

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

Examples for dozens

Within hours, the Indonesian navy said dozens of bodies were being seen.

And yet there were dozens of other points where an attack in force was possible.

Justin gazed out from the dim interior as more than 300 police motorcycles from dozens of jurisdictions rumbled past.

dozens of tearful family members huddled at the Surabaya and Singapore airports, anxiously awaiting news of loved ones.

Now, there are dozens of catacombs; the environs of Rome are honeycombed with them.

Emory is also one of dozens of higher education institutions with open Title IX sexual violence investigations.

Centipedes and millipedes in dozens came too, and were not welcome.

There were dozens, perhaps hundreds, of them; I am not deaf.

That stranger fully meant to send her off, too; he said so dozens of times.

So the following year dozens of Santas, in full red and white trim, boarded a plane to Portland.

Word Value for dozens
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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