DEPARTMENT

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DEPARTMENT Means

noun: a specialized division of a large organization“you'll find it in the hardware department”
noun: the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DEPARTMENT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 P3 A1 R1 T1 M3 E1 N1 T1.

Words Made From The Letters In DEPARTMENT

549 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (1)

8 letter words (14)

ATTEMPER ATTENDER DAMPENER EMPARTED MATTERED NATTERED PARENTED PATENTED PATTENED PATTERED PERMEANT PETERMAN RATTENED TAMPERED

7 letter words (34)

6 letter words (115)

5 letter words (130)

4 letter words (146)

3 letter words (85)

AME AMP AND ANE ANT APE APT ARD ARE ARM ART ATE ATT DAE DAM DAN DAP DEE DEN EAN EAR EAT EEN EME END ENE ERA ERE ERM ERN ETA MAD MAE MAN MAP MAR MAT MED MEE MEN MET MNA NAE NAM NAP NAT NED NEE NEP NET PAD PAM PAN PAR PAT PEA PED PEE PEN PER PET PRE RAD RAM RAN RAP RAT RED REE REM REN REP RET TAD TAE TAM TAN TAP TAR TAT TEA TED TEE TEN TET

2 letter words (24)

AD AE AM AN AR AT DA DE EA ED EE EM EN ER ET MA ME NA NE PA PE RE TA TE

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