hundred
A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine; ten times ten.
Number 2 meanings
A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine; ten times ten.
“hundreds of thousands of faces.”
The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.
Noun 2 meanings
A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman.
“He made a hundred in the historic match.”
Etymology
From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, hundert, Danish hundred.
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HUNDRED at a glance
HUNDRED has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (H 4 + U 1 + N 1 + D 2 + R 1 + E 1 + D 2) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,951 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with hundred
All rhymes- CONSIDERED14
- REQUIRED18
- COMPARED15
- OFFERED14
- APPEARED13
- COVERED13
- DISCOVERED17
- ORDERED9
- PREPARED13
- ENTERED8
- TIRED6
- SHARED10
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