Definitions for Twelve

Twelve twelve

Spelling: [twelv]
IPA: /twɛlv/

Twelve is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in Twelve (eeltvw).

Definitions for Twelve

noun

  1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 2.
  2. a symbol for this number, as 12 or XII.
  3. a set of this many persons or things.
  4. the Twelve, the 12 apostles chosen by Christ.

adjective

  1. amounting to 12 in number.

Origin of Twelve

before 900; Middle English twelve, inflected form of twelf, Old English twelfe literally, (ten and) two leave, i.e., two left over; cognate with Old Frisian twelef, twelf, Old High German zwe

Examples for Twelve

Grindr currently has twelve ‘tribes,’ and for some people this just is not enough.

twelve hours afterward the snow, three feet deep on a level, has melted.

The clock struck twelve, and it seemed as if it struck a thousand.

On the 26th we arrived at Salisbury, twelve miles from Adelaide.

Stater—A gold coin; estimated at about twelve shillings, three pence.

twelve incumbent governors who publicly support Common Core easily won re-election.

When twelve people are killed by violence, whoever they are, for whatever reason, that is a tragedy and a waste.

This game is only two hours of what promises to be a twelve hour series, so there is plenty of time to get bigger and badder.

They studied the heavens and named the twelve signs of the Zodiak.

When it was announced that Jourdan Dunn would be the first black model to cover British Vogue in twelve years it made me sad.

Word Value for Twelve
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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