thirty

Meanings

Plural: thirties

Noun

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
A rack of thirty beers.
A commercial lasting 30 seconds.

Adjective Satellite

being ten more than twenty

Num

The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English thirty, metathetic alternant of Middle English thriti, þrittiȝ, from Old English þrītiġ (“thirty”), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz tigiwiz (“thirty”, literally “three tens”), equivalent to three + -ty. Cognate with Scots therty, tretty (“thirty”), West Frisian tritich (“thirty”), Dutch dertig (“thirty”), German dreißig (“thirty”).

Synonyms

30, triacontad, XXX, xxx

Scrabble Score: 12

thirty is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
thirty is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thirty is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

thirty is a valid Words With Friends word