twenty: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 12 letter points · starts with T · ends with Y
Meaning of twenty
num
The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
Source: Wiktionary — twenty.
noun
- in-plural
The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).
Example: She looks like she's in her early twenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?
- colloquial
A banknote with a denomination of 20.
Example: The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
10-20 (location).
Example: What’s your twenty, good buddy?
- UK, historical
An old English division of infantry.
Listed forms: twenties.
Source: Wiktionary — twenty.
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Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for twenty.
adjective
being one more than nineteen
- 20
- xx
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
- 20
- XX
noun
a United States bill worth 20 dollars
- twenty dollar bill
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is twenty in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of twenty
T(1) + W(4) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) + Y(4) = 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 twenty
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 twenty
17 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in twenty. Showing up to 24, longest first.