Departments

Scrabble:16 ptsWWF:19 pts11 letters
Definition of Departments

noun

  1. A part, portion, or subdivision.
  2. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.

    "Technical things are not his department; he's a people person."

  3. A subdivision of an organization.
  4. A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
  5. A military subdivision of a country

    "the Department of the Potomac"

Anagrams of Departments

No exact anagrams found for "departments". This word has a unique letter combination.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Departments"

Departments is a 11-letter word that scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Departments" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "departments" is a high-scoring word.