What does DISPLACEMENT mean?

Pronunciation
/dɪˈspleɪsmənt/
Letters
12
Scrabble score
19
Words With Friends score
24
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
  2. an event in which something is displaced without rotation
  3. the act of uniform movement
  4. (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
  5. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
  6. to move something from its natural environment
  7. act of removing from office or employment

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

displacements20

Anagrams of DISPLACEMENT

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside DISPLACEMENT

2,075 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

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Questions

Is DISPLACEMENT a valid word in word games?

DISPLACEMENT is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is DISPLACEMENT worth?

DISPLACEMENT is worth 19 points with Scrabble letter values and 24 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from DISPLACEMENT?

2,075 other words, including AND, IN, IS and IT.