six: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 10 letter points · starts with S · ends with X
Meaning of six
num
A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).
Source: Wiktionary — six.
noun
A group or set with six elements.
The digit or figure 6.
A playing card featuring six pips.
A person who is six years old.
Example: The fives and sixes will have a snack first, then the older kids.
Listed forms: sixes.
Source: Wiktionary — six.
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 six.
adjective
being one more than five
- 6
- vi
- half dozen
- half-dozen
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
noun
a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips
- six-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 six in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of six
S(1) + I(1) + X(8) = 10 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 six
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from six
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in six. Showing up to 24, longest first.