Periods

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:11 pts7 letters
Definition of Periods

noun

  1. A length of time.

    "There was a period of confusion following the announcement."

  2. A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.

    "Food rationing continued in the post-war period."

  3. The punctuation mark . (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
  4. The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
  5. Female menstruation.

    "When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming."

Anagrams of Periods

No exact anagrams found for "periods". This word has a unique letter combination.

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "periods" and rearranging:

Synonyms & Antonyms

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Periods"

Periods is a 7-letter word that scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Periods" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "periods" is a medium-scoring word.