generation: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 11 letter points · starts with G · ends with N
Meaning of generation
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
- countable, uncountable
The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
- US, countable, dialectal, uncountable
Race, family; breed.
- countable, uncountable
A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
Listed forms: generations.
Source: Wiktionary — generation.
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 generation.
noun
all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
noun
a coming into being
noun
the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is generation in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of generation
G(2) + E(1) + N(1) + E(1) + R(1) + A(1) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 11 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 generation
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 generation
388 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in generation. Showing up to 24, longest first.