sixteen
The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
Number 1 meaning
The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sextene, sixtene, from Old English sixtīene, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Cognate with West Frisian sechstjin, Dutch zestien, German sechzehn, Danish seksten. Equivalent to six + -teen.
SIXTEEN at a glance
SIXTEEN has 7 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (S 1 + I 1 + X 8 + T 1 + E 1 + E 1 + N 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,624 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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