CENTURY

noun

12 Scrabble

14 WWF

C 3

E 1

N 1

T 1

U 1

R 1

Y 4

Definition

A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

"That was his tenth professional century."