fifteens

Three fives together

Fifteens is rugby union, named for the number of players per team.

The term distinguishes the traditional form of the sport from rugby sevens, which uses seven players: She played fifteens in college but switched to sevens for the Olympics.

The singular fifteen refers to a rugby team: the Welsh fifteen.

cardgame

rummy

Drunkard or card game

  • ginCotton-cleaning machine
  • pointsUnits of tally
  • meldBlend thoroughly together

hand · deal · deck · discard · draw · scoring · combination · pairing · deadwood · knock

rugby

try

Make an effort

ruck · maul · lineout · flanker · fullback · hooker · prop · fly-half · winger · pitch

number

quantity

Measurable amount present

digit · integer · XV · multiple · factor · sequence

age

quinceañera

Fifteenth birthday celebration

celebration · ceremony · fiesta · Latino · heritage · custom · tiara · ballgown · waltz · court

Categories
Opposites
numerical adjacency

fifteenszeros

Symbols for nothing

zeroes · ones · hundreds · thousands · millions

rugby format

fifteenssevens

Plural of a prime

rugby sevens · tens · touch rugby · tag rugby · league

Phrases
Family

fifteen, fifteenth, fifteenfold

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G