Definitions for nines

nines nine

Spelling: [nahyn]
IPA: /naɪn/

Nines is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in nines (einns).

Definitions for nines

noun

  1. a cardinal number, eight plus one.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. a baseball team.
  5. a playing card with nine pips.
  6. the Nine, the Muses.

Idioms

  1. dressed to the nines, looking one's best; dressed smartly, splendidly, etc.:

adjective

  1. amounting to nine in number.

Origin of nines

before 900; Middle English; Old English nigan, nigon, cognate with Dutch negen, akin to German neun, Old Norse nīu, Gothic niun, Latin novem, Greek ennéa, Sanskrit náva

Examples for nines

Gordon nodded, and she threw her hand upon the table; it held four nines.

"It is so simple to cheat at baccarat, without the clumsy device of five nines," he said.

By 5:30 p.m., the band members emerge—dressed to the nines—and assume their position.

Like the other speakers, Adams recalled a dedicated friend, and one who was always dressed to the nines.

I said, "All these nines clearly point to your living to ninety-nine."

It is up to the viewer to respond to who they are and, perhaps, to imagine why they are dressed to the nines.

He was clean-shaven, sweet-smelling, and dressed to the nines.

Leonardo also introduces the method of proof by casting out the nines.

It is but three nines or three knaves, or a mixture of them.

And the nines would become their hopeless and abject slaves.

Word Value for nines
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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