census: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with C · ends with S
Meaning of census
noun
- countable, uncountable
An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.
- countable, uncountable
The people being treated in a healthcare facility, clinic or program.
- countable, uncountable
Count, tally.
- countable, uncountable
A count of the number of individual patterns within a larger pattern, most often the ash of a soup or a methuselah.
Listed forms: censuses, censusses.
Source: Wiktionary — census.
verb
- transitive
To conduct a census on.
- intransitive
To collect a census.
Listed forms: censuses, censusses, censusing, censussing, censused, censussed.
Source: Wiktionary — census.
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
a periodic count of the population
- nose count
- nosecount
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of census
C(3) + E(1) + N(1) + S(1) + U(1) + S(1) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of census
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from census
27 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in census. Showing up to 24, longest first.