Definitions For Period
noun
- A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
- An amount of time
- The end or completion of something
- A unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
- (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
- The interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
- A length of time during which a series of events or an action takes place or is completed
- A length of time that is very important in the history of the world, a nation, etc.
- A time that is very important in the life of a person
Is Period a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
10
The word Period is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Period in a Sentence
- We have had two power failures in a five-month period.
- The period between Christmas and New Year's Eve is a very busy one for us.
- We are studying our country's colonial period.