immigration: meaning and words from its letters
11 letters · 16 letter points · starts with I · ends with N
Meaning of immigration
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
- countable, uncountable
The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint.
Example: It took ages to get through immigration last time.
Listed forms: immigrations.
Source: Wiktionary — immigration.
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 immigration.
noun
migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
- in-migration
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is immigration in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of immigration
I(1) + M(3) + M(3) + I(1) + G(2) + R(1) + A(1) + T(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 immigration
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 immigration
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