sixth
/sɪksθ/
adjectivenoun
The ordinal form of the number six.
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Adjective 1 meaning
The ordinal form of the number six.
Noun 3 meanings
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.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six + -th (ordinal suffix).
SIXTH at a glance
SIXTH has 5 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (S 1 + I 1 + X 8 + T 1 + H 4) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,713 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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