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Is occupation a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word occupation is a Scrabble US word. The word occupation is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is occupation a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word occupation is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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Is occupation a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word occupation is a Words With Friends word. The word occupation is worth 21 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1C4C4U2P4A1T1I1O1N2

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10-letter words (1 found)

OCCUPATION,

8-letter words (4 found)

ACUPOINT,COACTION,COCOANUT,OCCUPANT,

7-letter words (14 found)

ACCOUNT,AUCTION,CANOPIC,CANTICO,CAPTION,CAUTION,COCONUT,COCOPAN,COCTION,OCCIPUT,OPUNTIA,PACTION,PUCCOON,UTOPIAN,

6-letter words (29 found)

ACTION,ANICUT,ATONIC,ATOPIC,CACOON,CANTIC,CATCON,CATION,CATNIP,CICUTA,COCAIN,COINOP,COPITA,COPOUT,COUPON,NAUTIC,NOCTUA,OCICAT,OCTOPI,OPTION,PONTIC,POONAC,POTION,PUNCTA,PUNCTO,TIPUNA,TOUCAN,TUNICA,UTOPIA,

5-letter words (57 found)

ACTIN,ACTON,ANTIC,CACTI,CANTO,CAPON,CAPOT,CAPUT,CINCT,COACT,COAPT,COATI,COCOA,CONIA,CONIC,CONTO,COOPT,COTAN,COUNT,COUTA,CUNIT,CUTIN,INAPT,INCUT,INPUT,NAPOO,NOOIT,OCTAN,ONTIC,OPTIC,PAINT,PANIC,PANTO,PATIN,PATIO,PIANO,PICOT,PINOT,PINTA,PINTO,PITON,POINT,POTIN,PUCAN,PUNTO,PUTON,TAUON,TICCA,TONIC,TOPIC,TOPOI,TUINA,TUNIC,UNAPT,UNCAP,UNCIA,UNICA,

4-letter words (80 found)

AITU,ANTI,ATOC,ATOP,AUNT,AUTO,CAIN,CANT,CAPI,CAPO,CAUP,CIAO,CION,CITO,COAT,COCA,COCO,COIN,COIT,CONI,COON,COOP,COOT,COUP,CUIT,CUNT,ICON,INTO,IOTA,NAOI,NIPA,NOOP,NOTA,NOUP,NOUT,OCTA,OINT,ONTO,OONT,OTIC,OUPA,OUTA,PACO,PACT,PAIN,PANT,PATU,PIAN,PICA,PINA,PINT,PION,PITA,POCO,PONT,POON,POOT,POUT,PTUI,PUNA,PUNT,TACO,TAIN,TAPU,TIAN,TINA,TOCO,TOON,TOPI,TOPO,TOUN,TUAN,TUNA,UNAI,UNCI,UNCO,UNIT,UNTO,UPON,UPTA,

3-letter words (68 found)

ACT,AIN,AIT,ANI,ANT,APO,APT,CAN,CAP,CAT,CIT,CON,COO,COP,COT,CUP,CUT,ION,ITA,NAP,NAT,NIP,NIT,NOO,NOT,NUT,OAT,OCA,ONO,OON,OOP,OOT,OPA,OPT,OUP,OUT,PAC,PAN,PAT,PIA,PIC,PIN,PIT,PIU,POA,POI,POO,POT,PUN,PUT,TAI,TAN,TAO,TAP,TAU,TIC,TIN,TIP,TOC,TON,TOO,TOP,TUI,TUN,TUP,UNI,UPO,UTA,

2-letter words (23 found)

AI,AN,AT,IN,IO,IT,NA,NO,NU,OI,ON,OO,OP,OU,PA,PI,PO,TA,TI,TO,UN,UP,UT,

You can make 276 words from occupation according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of occupation

occupation

Etymology

From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupation, from Latin occupātio, from occupō (“occupy, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to seize, grab”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, /ˌɒkjəˈpeɪʃən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

occupation (countable and uncountable, plural occupations)

  1. An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
  2. The act, process or state of possessing a place.
  3. (geopolitics, military) The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.

Synonyms

  • (activity with which one occupies oneself) employment, interest, line of work, profession, vocation

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin occupātio, occupātiōnem. By surface analysis, occuper +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃/

Noun

occupation f (plural occupations)

  1. occupation (act of occupying, of being an occupant)
  2. occupation (the occupying of a territory)
  3. occupation (something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby)
    Near-synonyms: activité, passe-temps

Further reading

  • “occupation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org