nine: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with N · ends with E
Meaning of nine
num
A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
Describing a group or set with nine elements.
Example: A cat has nine lives.
Source: Wiktionary — nine.
noun
The digit or figure 9.
A playing card with nine pips.
A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
- plural-normally
A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.), counting the number of digits nine in a percentage.
Example: They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.
Listed forms: nines.
Source: Wiktionary — nine.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for nine.
adjective
being one more than eight
- 9
- ix
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- 9
- IX
- niner
- Nina from Carolina
- ennead
noun
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- baseball club
- ball club
- club
noun
one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face
- nine-spot
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is nine in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of nine
N(1) + I(1) + N(1) + E(1) = 4 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of nine
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from nine
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in nine. Showing up to 24, longest first.