formation
Formation can refer to an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit, the act of fabricating something in a particular shape, or the act of forming or establishing something.
Length
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
16
Starts
FO
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “FORMATION” Mean?
/fɔɹ.ˈmeɪ.ʃən/
formation has 7 documented senses across noun.
Noun
7 sensesan arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
“a defensive formation”
“a formation of planes”
the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
Synonyms
the act of forming or establishing something
“the constitution of a PTA group last year”
“it was the establishment of his reputation”
“he still remembers the organization of the club”
(geology) the geological features of the earth
a particular spatial arrangement
natural process that causes something to form
“the formation of gas in the intestine”
“the formation of crystals”
“the formation of pseudopods”
Show 1 more noun definition
creation by mental activity
“the formation of sentences”
“the formation of memories”
Synonyms for FORMATION
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
Length
9 letters
Starts With
F
Ends With
N
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
F, O, R, M, A, T, I, O, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★FORMATION has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆FORMATION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆FORMATION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆FORMATION contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGBH
CV Pattern
CVCCVCVVC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
FO, OR, RM, MA, AT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
FOR, ORM, RMA, MAT, ATI, TIO, ION
Crossword Intelligence
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