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   sex·tu·plet

   /sekˈstəplət/

   noun

   • 1. each of six children born at one birth: "only two other sets of sextuplets have been born in Britain"
   • 2. a group of six notes to be performed in the time of four.

   Word Origin late 18th century: from sextuple, on the pattern of words such as triplet.

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

   • T

     1

   • U

     1

   • P

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

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