Follower Of Six Or Seven But Not Five Crossword Clue — 4 Letters

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TEEN
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Six → sixteen, seven → seventeen, five → fifteen. The suffix "-teen" follows six and seven (sixteen, seventeen) but "fifteen" uses "-teen" too... wait. Actually: after six = sixteen (has TEEN), after seven = seventeen (has TEEN), after five = fifteen (also has TEEN). Let me reconsider. The "follower" here means the word that comes after: six-TEEN, seven-TEEN, but five doesn't use TEEN — it's "fif-TEEN" which drops the "five." Actually all three use teen. The key distinction: "sixteen" and "seventeen" are formed directly as six+teen and seven+teen, while "fifteen" is NOT "fiveteen" — it's an irregular form. So TEEN follows (is a direct suffix of) six and seven, but not five.

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TEENSixteen = six+TEEN, seventeen = seven+TEEN, but fifteen ≠ five+TEEN (irregular form), so TEEN is a direct follower of six and seven but not five.

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