settlement
Settlement can refer to a community of people smaller than a town, a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it, or the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.
Length
10
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
SE
Ends
ENT
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SETTLEMENT” Mean?
/ˈset.l.mənt/
settlement has 7 documented senses across noun.
Noun
7 sensesa body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
“the American colony in Paris”
Synonyms
a community of people smaller than a town
Synonyms
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
“the British colonization of America”
Synonyms
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
“they finally reached a settlement with the union”
“they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences”
“he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure”
Synonyms
an area where a group of families live together
Show 1 more noun definition
termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
Synonyms
Synonyms for SETTLEMENT
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
10
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
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Definition
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
Length
10 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Letters
S, E, T, T, L, E, M, E, N, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆SETTLEMENT has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SETTLEMENT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SETTLEMENT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SETTLEMENT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
4
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCCDBEBFC
CV Pattern
CVCCCVCVCC
Vowel Share
30%
Consonant Share
70%
Bigrams
SE, ET, TT, TL, LE, EM, ME, EN, NT
Trigrams
SET, ETT, TTL, TLE, LEM, EME, MEN, ENT
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