twelve: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 12 letter points · starts with T · ends with E
Meaning of twelve
num
The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
Example: There are twelve months in a year.
Listed forms: twelue.
Source: Wiktionary — twelve.
noun
A group of twelve items.
Example: Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.
A twelve-bore gun.
- colloquial
A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
- slang
The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.
Listed forms: twelves, twelue.
Source: Wiktionary — twelve.
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Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for twelve.
adjective
being one more than eleven
- 12
- xii
- dozen
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
- 12
- XII
- dozen
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is twelve in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of twelve
T(1) + W(4) + E(1) + L(1) + V(4) + E(1) = 12 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 twelve
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 twelve
18 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in twelve. Showing up to 24, longest first.