tenth
The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
Adjective 2 meanings
The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
Being one of ten equal parts of a whole.
Noun 4 meanings
The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position.
One of ten equal parts of a whole.
The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.
A tenth of a mil; a ten-thousandth of an inch.
Verb 1 meaning
To divide by ten, into tenths.
Etymology
From Middle English tenth, tenthe. Old English had tēoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English speakers to recreate the regular ordinal and re-insert the nasal consonant. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tehundô.
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TENTH at a glance
TENTH has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (T 1 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + H 4) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,975 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with tenth
All rhymesOne letter away
- TEETH8
- TENTS5
- TENCH10
- TENTY8
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