architecture: meaning and words from its letters
12 letters · 19 letter points · starts with A · ends with E
Meaning of architecture
noun
- countable, uncountable
The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
Example: The architecture throughout NYC is amazing.
- countable, uncountable
Any particular style of building design.
- countable, uncountable
Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
- countable, uncountable
A unifying structure.
Listed forms: architectures.
Source: Wiktionary — architecture.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
- computer architecture
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is architecture in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of architecture
A(1) + R(1) + C(3) + H(4) + I(1) + T(1) + E(1) + C(3) + T(1) + U(1) + R(1) + E(1) = 19 points.
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Anagrams of architecture
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from architecture
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