governor: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 12 letter points · starts with G · ends with R
Meaning of governor
noun
The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.
A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
A member of a decision-making body (such as a committee) for a larger organization or entity (including some public agencies), similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors.
- UK, informal
A superior, especially a boss, an employer, or (law enforcement) a superior police officer.
Listed forms: governors, gouernour, gouvernor, gouvernour, governer, governour, guvnah, guvnuh.
Source: Wiktionary — governor.
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 control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is governor 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 governor
G(2) + O(1) + V(4) + E(1) + R(1) + N(1) + O(1) + R(1) = 12 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 governor
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from governor
45 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in governor. Showing up to 24, longest first.