order
order is a valid 5-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
What does order mean?
(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy.
A body of rules followed by an assembly.
A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
“a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there”
The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement.
“there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list”
A formal association of people with similar interests.
“men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today”
Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements.
“we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation”
(architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans.
A request for something to be made, supplied, or served.
“I gave the waiter my order”
“the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle”
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families.
Established customary state (especially of society).
“order ruled in the streets”
“law and order”
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed.
“the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London”
A commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities.
“IBM received an order for a hundred computers”
A group of person living under a religious rule.
“the order of Saint Benedict”
A degree in a continuum of size or quantity.
“it was on the order of a mile”
“an explosion of a low order of magnitude”
A condition of regular or proper arrangement.
“he put his desk in order”
“the machine is now in working order”
Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.
Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.
Assign a rank or rating to.
Bring order to or into.
Make a request for something.
“order a work stoppage”
Place in a certain order.
“order the photos chronologically”
Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.
“She ordered him to do the shopping”
Appoint to a clerical posts.
Issue commands or orders for.