sixth: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 15 letter points · starts with S · ends with H
Meaning of sixth
adj
- not-comparable
The ordinal form of the number six.
Listed forms: sixt.
Source: Wiktionary — sixth.
noun
The person or thing in the sixth position.
One of six equal parts of a whole.
The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale; for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth.
Listed forms: sixths, sixt.
Source: Wiktionary — sixth.
verb
- informal, nonstandard, rare
To divide by six, equivalent to multiplying a denominator by six.
Listed forms: sixths, sixthing, sixthed, sixt.
Source: Wiktionary — sixth.
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 sixth.
adjective
coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
- 6th
noun
one part in six equal parts
- one-sixth
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of sixth
S(1) + I(1) + X(8) + T(1) + H(4) = 15 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 sixth
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from sixth
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