Orchestra

What it means

1. (noun) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.
2. (noun) A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
3. (noun) The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.

Letter analysis

• Orchestra contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
• It uses 8 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 3.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 14.

Sub-words

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• hectors
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• shorter
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• archer
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• carets
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• caters
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• chaser
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• coarse
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• hearts
• hector
• hoarse
• orates
• others
• racers
• rarest
• rasher
• raster
• rather
• reacts
• recast
• rector

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Words starting with ORC

• orc
• orchard
• orchards
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• orchestrate
• orchestrated
• orchestrates
• orchestrating
• orchestration
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Words ending with TRA

• extra
• mantra
• plectra
• rostra
• spectra
• ultra

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