Definition of comprehension

"comprehension" in the noun sense

1. comprehension

an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result

"how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"

"he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"

2. inclusion, comprehension

the relation of comprising something

"he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"

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Quotations for comprehension

Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe; but to find out what he has to do, and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.

The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful truth in few words. [ Johnson ]

I cannot see why women are so desirous of imitating men. I could understand the wish to be a boa constrictor, a lion, or an elephant; but a man! that surpasses my comprehension. [ T. Gautier ]

The effects of opposition are wonderful. There are men who rise refreshed on hearing of a threat; men to whom a crisis which intimidates and paralyzes the majority - demanding, not the faculties of prudence and thrift, but comprehension, immovableness, the readiness of sacrifice - comes graceful and beloved as a bride. [ Emerson ]

comprehension in Scrabble®

The word comprehension is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 22

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters comprehension:

COMPREHENSION
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (117 words)

cephems, cheerio, chimere, chomper, chooser, chorion, chromes, ciphers, coheirs, coheres, coiners, compere, compose, copiers, crimson, crispen, cronies, echoers, empires, encores, epimers, episome, erosion, hencoop, heroics, heroine, heroins, heroise, heroism, honoree, hormone, hospice, imposer, incense, inchers, incomer, incomes, inshore, ionomer, ionones, iphones, isomere, mercies, meshier, microns, mincers, miocene, moocher, mooches, moorhen, moorish, moronic, morphic, morphon, necrose, nephron, noisome, nominee, nonepic, nonhero, nonpros, omicron, onshore, oosperm, openers, operons, penners, pennies, pension, peonies, perches, phoneme, phonics, phonier, phonies, phonons, phrenic, pierces, pincers, pincher, pinches, pinenes, pioneer, ponchos, pooches, porches, porcine, precise, premise, princes, promise, rechime, rechose, recipes, recoins, rehomes, rehones, remines, reopens, repines, rescope, reshine, respice, ropemen, rosehip, schemer, scooper, scorpio, shipmen, shopmen, sincere, snooper, someone, spermic, sphenic, spheric, spinner

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word comprehension

COMPREHENSION
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COMPREHENSION
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COMPREHENSION
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COMPREHENSION
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In comprehension

COMPREHENSION
(234)
COMPREHENSION
(216)
COMPREHENSION
(156)
COMPREHENSION
(144)
CEPHEMS
(114 = 64 + 50)
CHOMPER
(114 = 64 + 50)
MORPHIC
(114 = 64 + 50)
CEPHEMS
(110 = 60 + 50)
CHOMPER
(110 = 60 + 50)
CEPHEMS
(110 = 60 + 50)
MORPHIC
(110 = 60 + 50)
COMPREHENSION
(108)
COMPREHENSION
(108)
CHOMPER
(107 = 57 + 50)
CHOMPER
(107 = 57 + 50)
MORPHIC
(107 = 57 + 50)
CHOMPER
(107 = 57 + 50)
MORPHIC
(107 = 57 + 50)
CHOMPER
(107 = 57 + 50)
CEPHEMS
(107 = 57 + 50)
CEPHEMS
(107 = 57 + 50)
CEPHEMS
(107 = 57 + 50)
MORPHIC
(107 = 57 + 50)
MORPHIC
(107 = 57 + 50)
HENCOOP
(106 = 56 + 50)
MOOCHER
(106 = 56 + 50)
PHONEME
(106 = 56 + 50)
SPHENIC
(106 = 56 + 50)
PONCHOS
(106 = 56 + 50)
CIPHERS
(106 = 56 + 50)
CHIMERE
(106 = 56 + 50)
POOCHES
(106 = 56 + 50)
HOSPICE
(106 = 56 + 50)
MOOCHES
(106 = 56 + 50)
MORPHON
(106 = 56 + 50)
PERCHES
(106 = 56 + 50)
PHRENIC
(106 = 56 + 50)
PINCHER
(106 = 56 + 50)
CHROMES
(106 = 56 + 50)
RECHIME
(106 = 56 + 50)
SPHERIC
(106 = 56 + 50)
SHIPMEN
(106 = 56 + 50)
SHOPMEN
(106 = 56 + 50)
PHONICS
(106 = 56 + 50)
PORCHES
(106 = 56 + 50)
SCHEMER
(106 = 56 + 50)
PINCHES
(106 = 56 + 50)
RECHIME
(104 = 54 + 50)
PHRENIC
(104 = 54 + 50)
PINCHES
(104 = 54 + 50)
PERCHES
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHIMERE
(104 = 54 + 50)
MORPHON
(104 = 54 + 50)
PINCHER
(104 = 54 + 50)
MOOCHER
(104 = 54 + 50)
COMPREHENSION
(104)
SPHERIC
(104 = 54 + 50)
SHOPMEN
(104 = 54 + 50)
CIPHERS
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHROMES
(104 = 54 + 50)
COMPREHENSION
(104)
SCHEMER
(104 = 54 + 50)
HOSPICE
(104 = 54 + 50)
SHIPMEN
(104 = 54 + 50)
HENCOOP
(104 = 54 + 50)
SPHENIC
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CIPHERS
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PONCHOS
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POOCHES
(104 = 54 + 50)
PORCHES
(104 = 54 + 50)
PHONICS
(104 = 54 + 50)
COMPREHENSION
(104)
MOOCHES
(104 = 54 + 50)
PHONEME
(104 = 54 + 50)
RECHIME
(104 = 54 + 50)
COMPOSE
(102 = 52 + 50)
COMPERE
(102 = 52 + 50)
SPERMIC
(102 = 52 + 50)
HOSPICE
(101 = 51 + 50)
PINCHES
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MORPHON
(101 = 51 + 50)
HOSPICE
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PONCHOS
(101 = 51 + 50)
MOOCHER
(101 = 51 + 50)
SCHEMER
(101 = 51 + 50)
SCHEMER
(101 = 51 + 50)
PONCHOS
(101 = 51 + 50)
PINCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
RECHIME
(101 = 51 + 50)
SPHENIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
PINCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
HENCOOP
(101 = 51 + 50)
CEPHEMS
(101 = 51 + 50)
POOCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
SHOPMEN
(101 = 51 + 50)
SHOPMEN
(101 = 51 + 50)
SPHERIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
SPHERIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
MORPHIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
SHIPMEN
(101 = 51 + 50)
SHIPMEN
(101 = 51 + 50)
MORPHIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
MORPHIC
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HENCOOP
(101 = 51 + 50)
PORCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
PORCHES
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PORCHES
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HENCOOP
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POOCHES
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PONCHOS
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MOOCHES
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MOOCHES
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CHIMERE
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SHIPMEN
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CEPHEMS
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MOOCHES
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MOOCHER
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CHIMERE
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SPHENIC
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CHIMERE
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MOOCHER
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HOSPICE
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CEPHEMS
(101 = 51 + 50)
POOCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
MORPHON
(101 = 51 + 50)
MORPHON
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PINCHER
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PERCHES
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CIPHERS
(101 = 51 + 50)
CIPHERS
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PERCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHROMES
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CHROMES
(101 = 51 + 50)
PERCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
PHRENIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
PHRENIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
PINCHER
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHOMPER
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CHOMPER
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CHOMPER
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PHONEME
(101 = 51 + 50)
PHONEME
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PHONICS
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PHONICS
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RECHIME
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SHOPMEN
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PINCHER
(101 = 51 + 50)
SPERMIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHONONS
(98 = 48 + 50)
MESHIER
(98 = 48 + 50)
COMPOSE
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHONONS
(98 = 48 + 50)
COHERES
(98 = 48 + 50)
INCHERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
COMPOSE
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COMPERE
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CHORION
(98 = 48 + 50)
COMPERE
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REHOMES
(98 = 48 + 50)
MOORISH
(98 = 48 + 50)
COMPERE
(98 = 48 + 50)
COMPERE
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INCHERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
MOORHEN
(98 = 48 + 50)
HORMONE
(98 = 48 + 50)
MOORHEN
(98 = 48 + 50)
HORMONE
(98 = 48 + 50)
COHEIRS
(98 = 48 + 50)
HEROICS
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHOMPER
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COHEIRS
(98 = 48 + 50)
HEROICS
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COHERES
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECHOSE
(98 = 48 + 50)
MORPHIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECHOSE
(98 = 48 + 50)
ECHOERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
MOORISH
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHONIES
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHORION
(98 = 48 + 50)
NEPHRON
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HEROISM
(98 = 48 + 50)
NEPHRON
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ECHOERS
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RECHOSE
(98 = 48 + 50)
IPHONES
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHOOSER
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHONIER
(98 = 48 + 50)
HEROISM
(98 = 48 + 50)
INCHERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
MORPHIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
NEPHRON
(98 = 48 + 50)
MESHIER
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHONIER
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHOOSER
(98 = 48 + 50)
SPERMIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
MESHIER
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHONIES
(98 = 48 + 50)
IPHONES
(98 = 48 + 50)
SPERMIC
(98 = 48 + 50)

comprehension in Words With Friends™

The word comprehension is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 26

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters comprehension:

COMPREHENSION
(324)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (117 words)

cephems, cheerio, chimere, chomper, chooser, chorion, chromes, ciphers, coheirs, coheres, coiners, compere, compose, copiers, crimson, crispen, cronies, echoers, empires, encores, epimers, episome, erosion, hencoop, heroics, heroine, heroins, heroise, heroism, honoree, hormone, hospice, imposer, incense, inchers, incomer, incomes, inshore, ionomer, ionones, iphones, isomere, mercies, meshier, microns, mincers, miocene, moocher, mooches, moorhen, moorish, moronic, morphic, morphon, necrose, nephron, noisome, nominee, nonepic, nonhero, nonpros, omicron, onshore, oosperm, openers, operons, penners, pennies, pension, peonies, perches, phoneme, phonics, phonier, phonies, phonons, phrenic, pierces, pincers, pincher, pinches, pinenes, pioneer, ponchos, pooches, porches, porcine, precise, premise, princes, promise, rechime, rechose, recipes, recoins, rehomes, rehones, remines, reopens, repines, rescope, reshine, respice, ropemen, rosehip, schemer, scooper, scorpio, shipmen, shopmen, sincere, snooper, someone, spermic, sphenic, spheric, spinner

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word comprehension

COMPREHENSION
(324)
COMPREHENSION
(306)
COMPREHENSION
(270)
COMPREHENSION
(216)
COMPREHENSION
(180)
COMPREHENSION
(128)
COMPREHENSION
(128)
COMPREHENSION
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COMPREHENSION
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COMPREHENSION
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COMPREHENSION
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(35)
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(30)
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(29)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In comprehension

COMPREHENSION
(324)
COMPREHENSION
(306)
COMPREHENSION
(270)
COMPREHENSION
(216)
COMPREHENSION
(180)
CEPHEMS
(137 = 102 + 35)
SPERMIC
(131 = 96 + 35)
CEPHEMS
(131 = 96 + 35)
CHOMPER
(131 = 96 + 35)
COMPERE
(131 = 96 + 35)
MORPHIC
(131 = 96 + 35)
COMPOSE
(131 = 96 + 35)
CIPHERS
(128 = 93 + 35)
HOSPICE
(128 = 93 + 35)
NONEPIC
(128 = 93 + 35)
COMPREHENSION
(128)
COMPREHENSION
(128)
SHOPMEN
(125 = 90 + 35)
MICRONS
(125 = 90 + 35)
OMICRON
(125 = 90 + 35)
SHIPMEN
(125 = 90 + 35)
COMPREHENSION
(124)
CHIMERE
(122 = 87 + 35)
RESPICE
(122 = 87 + 35)
RECHIME
(122 = 87 + 35)
COPIERS
(122 = 87 + 35)
EPIMERS
(122 = 87 + 35)
RESCOPE
(122 = 87 + 35)
CHOMPER
(119 = 84 + 35)
CHOMPER
(119 = 84 + 35)
SPHENIC
(119 = 84 + 35)
PINCHES
(119 = 84 + 35)
MORPHIC
(119 = 84 + 35)
MORPHIC
(119 = 84 + 35)
SHOPMEN
(119 = 84 + 35)
PONCHOS
(119 = 84 + 35)
MORPHIC
(119 = 84 + 35)
PINCHER
(119 = 84 + 35)
SHIPMEN
(119 = 84 + 35)
CHOMPER
(119 = 84 + 35)
PHONEME
(119 = 84 + 35)
PHRENIC
(119 = 84 + 35)
PHONICS
(119 = 84 + 35)
MINCERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
COMPOSE
(113 = 78 + 35)
SPHENIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
COMPOSE
(113 = 78 + 35)
COMPERE
(113 = 78 + 35)
COMPERE
(113 = 78 + 35)
PORCINE
(113 = 78 + 35)
CRISPEN
(113 = 78 + 35)
ROPEMEN
(113 = 78 + 35)
CEPHEMS
(113 = 78 + 35)
MORPHON
(113 = 78 + 35)
MORPHIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
MORPHIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
CEPHEMS
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CEPHEMS
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COHEIRS
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MORPHON
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MORPHON
(113 = 78 + 35)
MORPHON
(113 = 78 + 35)
COHERES
(113 = 78 + 35)
MORPHIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
HENCOOP
(113 = 78 + 35)
CHOMPER
(113 = 78 + 35)
PHONICS
(113 = 78 + 35)
CHOMPER
(113 = 78 + 35)
PINCERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
SPERMIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
PINCHER
(113 = 78 + 35)
PHRENIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
NEPHRON
(113 = 78 + 35)
CHOMPER
(113 = 78 + 35)
PHONICS
(113 = 78 + 35)
PINCHES
(113 = 78 + 35)
PINCHES
(113 = 78 + 35)
MIOCENE
(113 = 78 + 35)
SHOPMEN
(113 = 78 + 35)
MORONIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
PONCHOS
(113 = 78 + 35)
PONCHOS
(113 = 78 + 35)
HENCOOP
(113 = 78 + 35)
MORPHIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
SHIPMEN
(113 = 78 + 35)
PHONEME
(113 = 78 + 35)
HENCOOP
(113 = 78 + 35)
PHONEME
(113 = 78 + 35)
HENCOOP
(113 = 78 + 35)
ROSEHIP
(113 = 78 + 35)
PINCHER
(113 = 78 + 35)
COMPREHENSION
(112)
PERCHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
MOOCHER
(110 = 75 + 35)
HORMONE
(110 = 75 + 35)
PERCHES
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PERCHES
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CHIMERE
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SCHEMER
(110 = 75 + 35)
RECHIME
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POOCHES
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MOOCHES
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MOOCHER
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MOOCHES
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POOCHES
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SPHERIC
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SPHERIC
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MOOCHER
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MOOCHES
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POOCHES
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CHROMES
(110 = 75 + 35)
CHROMES
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PORCHES
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PORCHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
HOSPICE
(110 = 75 + 35)
PORCHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
SCHEMER
(110 = 75 + 35)
CHIMERE
(110 = 75 + 35)
NOMINEE
(107 = 72 + 35)
COMPERE
(107 = 72 + 35)
HENCOOP
(107 = 72 + 35)
ROPEMEN
(107 = 72 + 35)
SHOPMEN
(107 = 72 + 35)
PENNERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
PONCHOS
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PRINCES
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PONCHOS
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MINCERS
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PONCHOS
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PENNIES
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SHOPMEN
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HENCOOP
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MIOCENE
(107 = 72 + 35)
MIOCENE
(107 = 72 + 35)
PINENES
(107 = 72 + 35)
PENSION
(107 = 72 + 35)
PINCHES
(107 = 72 + 35)
MORONIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
PINCHES
(107 = 72 + 35)
PINCHES
(107 = 72 + 35)
COMPERE
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CHOMPER
(107 = 72 + 35)
SPHENIC
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SHIPMEN
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COMPERE
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MORPHON
(107 = 72 + 35)
CEPHEMS
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CEPHEMS
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CEPHEMS
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MORPHON
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MORPHON
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CRIMSON
(107 = 72 + 35)
CEPHEMS
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRIMSON
(107 = 72 + 35)
INCOMER
(107 = 72 + 35)
INCOMER
(107 = 72 + 35)
MORPHIC
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HENCOOP
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRIMSON
(107 = 72 + 35)
CEPHEMS
(107 = 72 + 35)
MORPHIC
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PORCINE
(107 = 72 + 35)
MINCERS
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SPHENIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
PORCINE
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SHIPMEN
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MORPHIC
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SPHENIC
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CHOMPER
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PONCHOS
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CHOMPER
(107 = 72 + 35)
PINCERS
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OMICRON
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PHONEME
(107 = 72 + 35)
SPINNER
(107 = 72 + 35)
PHONEME
(107 = 72 + 35)
PHONICS
(107 = 72 + 35)
PHONICS
(107 = 72 + 35)
PHONONS
(107 = 72 + 35)
PINCHES
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PHONONS
(107 = 72 + 35)
PHRENIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
PHRENIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
PHRENIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRISPEN
(107 = 72 + 35)
COMPOSE
(107 = 72 + 35)
PRINCES
(107 = 72 + 35)
INCOMES
(107 = 72 + 35)
SPERMIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
COMPOSE
(107 = 72 + 35)
SPERMIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
PINCHER
(107 = 72 + 35)
PINCHER
(107 = 72 + 35)
PINCHER
(107 = 72 + 35)
INCOMES
(107 = 72 + 35)
PINCHER
(107 = 72 + 35)
CHOMPER
(107 = 72 + 35)
PINCERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
COMPOSE
(107 = 72 + 35)
PIERCES
(104 = 69 + 35)

Words within the letters of comprehension

2 letter words in comprehension (18 words)

11 letter words in comprehension (5 words)

13 letter words in comprehension (1 word)

comprehension + 1 blank (1 word)

comprehension + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence comprehension

Words that start with comprehension (2 words)

Words with comprehension in them (3 words)

Words that end with comprehension (4 words)

Word Growth involving comprehension

Shorter words in comprehension

eh prehension

en ens hens prehension

en hen hens prehension

he hen hens prehension

on ion prehension

re prehension

Longer words containing comprehension

comprehensions incomprehensions

comprehensions miscomprehensions

incomprehension incomprehensions

miscomprehension miscomprehensions

noncomprehension