commission: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 16 letter points · starts with C · ends with N
Meaning of commission
noun
- countable, uncountable
A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- countable, uncountable
An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
Example: David received his commission after graduating from West Point.
- countable, uncountable
The thing to be done as agent for another.
Example: I have three commissions for the city.
- countable, uncountable
A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
Example: the European Commission
Listed forms: commissions.
Source: Wiktionary — commission.
verb
- transitive
To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
Example: James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
- transitive
To place an order for (often a piece of art).
Example: He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.
- transitive
To put (a ship or boat, etc.) into active service.
Example: The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.
Listed forms: commissions, commissioning, commissioned.
Source: Wiktionary — commission.
noun
- UK, obsolete, slang
A shirt or chemise.
Listed forms: commissions.
Source: Wiktionary — commission.
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 commission.
noun
a special group delegated to consider some matter
noun
the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
noun
a group of representatives or delegates
noun
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is commission in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of commission
C(3) + O(1) + M(3) + M(3) + I(1) + S(1) + S(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 16 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 commission
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 commission
100 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in commission. Showing up to 24, longest first.