region
NOUN
/ridʒən/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH R
region is a valid 6-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1E1G2I1O1N1
1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING
What does region mean?
NOUN · 5 SENSES
1
A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve.
“in the abdominal region”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
2
A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about.
“here we enter the region of opinion”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
3
The extended spatial location of something.
“the farming regions of France”
“regions of outer space”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
4
The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of').
“it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
5
A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth.
“penguins inhabit the polar regions”
BROADER
NARROWER
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