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sixer

noun

sixer is spelled S-I-X-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sixer means “A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sixer is sixers.

How many letters and syllables are in sixer?

Letters5: S-I-X-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is sixer?

Sixer appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce sixer?

  • US

Sixer has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sixer.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of sixer

  • sixers plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does sixer mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialA shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.

  2. 2

    A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six.

  3. 3

    slangA prison sentence of six months.

  4. 4

    slangA six-pack of a beverage.

  5. 5

    UKA conker that has won six matches.

  6. 6

    IndiaA transgender person

noun

as Sixer
  1. 1

    informalA player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does sixer come from?

From six + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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