eleven
Meanings
Plural: elevens
Noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one
- a team that plays football
- A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
- A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
- Deliberate misspelling of !!, used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
- A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.
- An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
- A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.
- A very high level of intensity.
Adjective Satellite
- being one more than ten
Num
- The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Low German ölven, Dutch elf, German elf, Icelandic ellefu, Danish and Norwegian elleve.
Scrabble Score: 9
eleven is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordeleven is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eleven is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
eleven is a valid Words With Friends word