What it means
- (noun) A part, portion, or subdivision.
- (noun) A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like. “Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.”
- (noun) A subdivision of an organization.
- (noun) 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.
- (noun) A military subdivision of a country “the Department of the Potomac”
- (noun) Act of departing; departure.
Letter analysis
- Departments contains 11 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 8 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 16.
Sub-words
- department
- patterned
- smartened
- spattered
- tradesmen
- attender
- entreats
- mastered
- mattered
- meanders
- parented
- patented
- pattered
- patterns
- pederast
- predates
- pretends
- restated
- stampede
- streamed
- tampered
- teamster
- temperas
- tempters
- transept
- amperes
- attends
- dampens
- dampers
- dampest
- dearest
- demeans
- departs
- earnest
- eastern
- endears
- entraps
- entreat
- martens
- matters
- meander
- meanest
- menders
- nearest
- neatest
- netters
- panders
- parents
- pastern
- patents
- pattern
- patters
- pedants
- pertest
- petards
- predate
- present
- pretend
- remands
Related words
Other 11-letter words
- abandonment
- abbreviated
- abbreviates
- abdications
- aberrations
- abjurations
- abnormality
- abominating
- abomination
- aboriginals
- abortionist
- abracadabra
- abridgement
- abridgments
- abrogations
- absenteeism
- abstentions
- abstracting
Words starting with DEP
- depart
- departed
- departing
- department
- departmental
- departmentalize
- departs
- departure
- departures
- depend
- dependability
- dependable
- dependably
- dependance
- dependant
- dependants
- depended
- dependence
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Words ending with NTS
Common questions
What does Departments mean?
A part, portion, or subdivision.
How many letters are in Departments?
Departments has 11 letters.
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