Definition of department

"department" in the noun sense

1. department, section

a specialized division of a large organization

"you'll find it in the hardware department"

"she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"

2. department

the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

3. department

a specialized sphere of knowledge

"baking is not my department"

"his work established a new department of literature"

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Quotations for department

Truth is never learned, in any department of industry, by arguing, but by working and observing. [ John Ruskin ]

Each department of knowledge passes in succession through three different theoretic stages: the theologic stage, or fictitious; the metaphysical, or abstract; the scientific, or positive. [ A. Comte ]

The idea that a baby doesn't amount to anything! Why, one baby is just a house and a front yard full by itself. One baby can, furnish more business than you and your whole Interior Department can attend to. He is enterprising, irrepressible, brimful of lawless activities. [ Mark Twain, The Babies ]

Looking round on the noisy inanity of the world, words with little meaning, actions with little worth, one loves to reflect on the great empire of silence. The noble silent men, scattered here and there each in his department, silently thinking, silently working; whom no morning newspaper makes mention of. [ Carlyle ]

department in Scrabble®

The word department 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters department:

DEPARTMENT
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (22 words)

adepter, amender, dentate, entreat, meander, pattern, predate, premade, pretend, reamend, redtape, remated, renamed, retaped, tapemen, tapered, tempera, tempted, tempter, ternate, tramped, treated

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word department

DEPARTMENT
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DEPARTMENT
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(34)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In department

DEPARTMENT
(162)
DEPARTMENT
(144)
DEPARTMENT
(108)
TEMPTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PREMADE
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TRAMPED
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DEPARTMENT
(96)
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TEMPTED
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PREMADE
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TEMPERA
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TEMPTER
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TAPEMEN
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TEMPERA
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TEMPTER
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TRAMPED
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TAPEMEN
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TEMPTED
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TEMPERA
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TEMPTER
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TEMPTER
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PREMADE
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TAPEMEN
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PRETEND
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RENAMED
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REMATED
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ADEPTER
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PREDATE
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department in Words With Friends™

The word department 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: 18

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

DEPARTMENT
(252)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (22 words)

adepter, amender, dentate, entreat, meander, pattern, predate, premade, pretend, reamend, redtape, remated, renamed, retaped, tapemen, tapered, tempera, tempted, tempter, ternate, tramped, treated

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word department

DEPARTMENT
(252)
DEPARTMENT
(198)
DEPARTMENT
(156)
DEPARTMENT
(120)
DEPARTMENT
(90)
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(88)
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(84)
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(80)
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(76)
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(72)
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(72)
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(66)
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(66)
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(52)
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(52)
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(48)
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(44)
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(44)
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(40)
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(34)
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(28)
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(25)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In department

DEPARTMENT
(252)
DEPARTMENT
(198)
DEPARTMENT
(156)
DEPARTMENT
(120)
PREMADE
(113 = 78 + 35)
TAPEMEN
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TRAMPED
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RENAMED
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TEMPTER
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TEMPERA
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ADEPTER
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RETAPED
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DEPARTMENT
(90)
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RENAMED
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DEPARTMENT
(88)
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DENTATE
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DEPARTMENT
(84)
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Words within the letters of department

2 letter words in department (13 words)

9 letter words in department (1 word)

10 letter words in department (1 word)

department + 1 blank (1 word)

department + 2 blanks (3 words)

Word Growth involving department

Shorter words in department

ar art part depart

ar par part depart

pa par part depart

en men

me men

Longer words containing department

departmental departmentalisation

departmental departmentalise departmentalised

departmental departmentalise departmentalises

departmental departmentalising

departmental departmentalization

departmental departmentalize departmentalized

departmental departmentalize departmentalizes

departmental departmentalizing

departmental departmentally

departmental interdepartmental

departmental nondepartmental

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