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   three

   /θriː/

   cardinal

   • 1. equivalent to the sum of one and two; one more than two; 3: "her three children"
   • ▪ a group or unit of three people or things: "students clustered in twos or threes"
   • ▪ three years old: "she is only three"
   • ▪ three o'clock: "I'll come at three"
   • ▪ a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by three.
   • ▪ a playing card or domino with three pips.

   Word Origin Old Englishthrīe (masculine), thrīo, thrēo (feminine), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drie and German drei, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin tres and Greek treis.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • H

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