Utility

What it means

1. (noun) The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
2. (noun) Something that is useful.
3. (noun) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
4. (noun) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
5. (noun) A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities of such a provider.
6. (noun) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system or application software. “I've bought a new disk utility that can recover deleted files.”
7. (noun) The ability to play multiple positions.
8. (adjective) Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider. “utility line; utility bill”
9. (adjective) Designating of a room in a house or building where mechanical equipment is installed; such as a furnace, water tank/heater, circuit breaker, and/or air conditioning unit; and often equipped with hookups for laundry equipment (washer/dryer). “utility room”

Letter analysis

• Utility contains 7 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
• It uses 5 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 4.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 10.

Sub-words

• tilt
• lii
• lit
• tit

Related words

Other 7-letter words

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• abandon
• abashed
• abashes
• abasing
• abating
• abbrevs
• abdomen
• abducts
• abetted
• abetter
• abettor
• abiding
• ability
• abjured
• abjures
• abolish
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Words starting with UTI

• utilitarian
• utilitarianism
• utilitarians
• utilities
• utilization
• utilize
• utilized
• utilizes
• utilizing

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Words ending with ITY

• ability
• abnormality
• absurdity
• acceptability
• accessibility
• accountability
• acerbity
• acidity
• activity
• actuality
• acuity
• adaptability
• admissibility
• adversity
• advisability
• affability
• affinity
• agility

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