assignment: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 13 letter points · starts with A · ends with T
Meaning of assignment
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
Example: This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.
- countable, uncountable
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
Example: We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.
- countable, uncountable
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category. The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
- countable, uncountable
An assigned task.
Example: The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.
Listed forms: assignments.
Source: Wiktionary — assignment.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for assignment.
noun
a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
- duty assignment
noun
the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
noun
(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
noun
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is assignment in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of assignment
A(1) + S(1) + S(1) + I(1) + G(2) + N(1) + M(3) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 13 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of assignment
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 assignment
446 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in assignment. Showing up to 24, longest first.