EIGHT
What does "EIGHT" mean?
The cardinal number equal to seven plus one, written 8.
Meanings
- The number 8, one more than seven. Three twos and a two make eight.
- Amounting to eight in number. There were eight chairs around the long table.
- A rowing crew or boat of eight oarsmen. The college eight pulled away in the final stretch. technical
Word origin
From Old English 'eahta', from a Proto-Indo-European root '*okto' shared by Latin 'octo' and Greek 'okto'; the silent 'gh' is a fossil of an old guttural sound.
Remember it
Turn the numeral 8 on its side and it becomes the lemniscate, the symbol for infinity.
A little poem
Tip the eight sideways-
the counted thing dissolves
into endlessness.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine.
What it teaches
Lay the finite eight on its side and even a small number becomes a way of saying forever.
Quick facts
What does EIGHT mean?
The cardinal number equal to seven plus one, written 8.
Is EIGHT a valid word?
Yes — EIGHT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EIGHT?
EIGHT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does EIGHT come from?
From Old English 'eahta', from a Proto-Indo-European root '*okto' shared by Latin 'octo' and Greek 'okto'; the silent 'gh' is a fossil of an old guttural sound.
What can EIGHT teach us?
Lay the finite eight on its side and even a small number becomes a way of saying forever.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.