DISPLACEMENT — 12 letter word
displacement
The word displacement has 12 letters: D, I, S, P, L, A, C, E, M, E, N, T. It contains 4 vowels and 8 consonants. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. As a noun, it means "act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics".
12 letter word "displacement": D I S P L A C E M E N T — noun
Scrabble score: 19 Words With Friends score: 24
Letter analysis of displacement
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
| I | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| P | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| L | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| C | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| E | 2 | Vowel | 1 |
| M | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
4 vowels, 8 consonants, 11 unique letters
Definition of displacement
noun
- act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics Synonyms: supplanting
- act of removing from office or employment
- to move something from its natural environment Synonyms: deracination
- the act of uniform movement Synonyms: translation
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation Synonyms: shift
- a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one "I think your anger at the couch might be a form of displacement."
- (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound Synonyms: displacement reaction
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