conservation: meaning and words from its letters
12 letters · 17 letter points · starts with C · ends with N
Meaning of conservation
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
- countable, uncountable
Wise use of natural resources.
- countable, uncountable
The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
- countable, uncountable
Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor
Listed forms: conservations.
Source: Wiktionary — conservation.
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 conservation.
noun
an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is conservation in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of conservation
C(3) + O(1) + N(1) + S(1) + E(1) + R(1) + V(4) + A(1) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 17 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 conservation
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from conservation
1,184 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in conservation. Showing up to 24, longest first.