operation
Operation can refer to the state of being in effect or being operative, a business especially one run on a large scale, or a planned activity involving many people performing various actions.
Length
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
OP
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “OPERATION” Mean?
/ˌɒpəˈɹeɪʃən/
operation has 11 documented senses across noun.
Noun
11 sensesthe state of being in effect or being operative
“that rule is no longer in operation”
a business especially one run on a large scale
“a large-scale farming operation”
“a multinational operation”
“they paid taxes on every stage of the operation”
“they had to consolidate their operations”
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
“they organized a rescue operation”
“the biggest police operation in French history”
“running a restaurant is quite an operation”
“consolidate the companies various operations”
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
“it can perform millions of operations per second”
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
“it was a joint operation of the navy and air force”
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
“they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available”
“he died while undergoing surgery”
Synonyms
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a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
“the operations in building a house”
“certain machine tool operations”
Synonyms
process or manner of functioning or operating
“the power of its engine determines its operation”
“the plane's operation in high winds”
“they compared the cooking performance of each oven”
“the jet's performance conformed to high standards”
Synonyms
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
“the process of thinking”
“the cognitive operation of remembering”
Synonyms
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
“the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation”
“they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic”
the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
“her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride”
Synonyms for OPERATION
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
the state of being in effect or being operative
Length
9 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
N
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
O, P, E, R, A, T, I, O, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆OPERATION has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆OPERATION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆OPERATION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆OPERATION 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
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGAH
CV Pattern
VCVCVCVVC
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
OP, PE, ER, RA, AT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
OPE, PER, ERA, RAT, ATI, TIO, ION
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