Unscramble thirds

Definition of third

adjective:

• coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position. Synonyms: 3rd, tertiary.

adverb:

• in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment". Synonyms: thirdly.

noun:

• one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement". Synonyms: one-third, tierce.
• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate); "he is playing third". Synonyms: third base.
• following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third", "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment".
• the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds".
• the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear". Synonyms: third gear.
• the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third". Synonyms: third base.

Rhymes with

absurd, bird, blurred, byrd, curd, gird, heard, herd, interred, kurd, nerd, preferred, preferred, preferred, reword, slurred, stirred, uncured, undeterred, unheard.