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agreement

/əˈɡɹiːmənt/
noun

Agreement is a 9-letter word worth 12 base Scrabble points, with one anagram and no one-letter neighbours.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

    “to enter an agreement”

  2. A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.

    “The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity.”

  3. A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

  4. Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Doublet of agrément. Morphologically agree + -ment.

Similar and opposite words

Similar
concordcongenialitysettlementconcordanceagreeanceconventioncovenantpact
Opposite
conflictdisagreementdiscorddiscordancedissension

Agreement is a familiar word for shared understanding, but its meaning also reaches contracts and grammar. It appears often in English, with a frequency count of 15,659 and a rank of 1,342. For word-game play, its repeated E tiles shape both its modest score and its unusual anagram.

Agreement at a glance

  • AGREEMENT has 9 letters and earns 12 base Scrabble points.
  • Its three E tiles score 1 point each; M scores 3, and G scores 2.
  • The word has a frequency count of 15,659 and a rank of 1,342.
  • EGAREMENT is its sole anagram, using the same nine letters.
  • No word sits one letter away from AGREEMENT in the neighbor set.

What does agreement mean?

Agreement means that people or groups share an understanding or view. It can also mean a binding contract, or the grammatical matching of parts of a sentence. Those connected senses make AGREEMENT more than a word for simply saying yes.

The Scrabble total is 12 points before board bonuses. A is worth 1, G is worth 2, R is worth 1, and the three E tiles are worth 1 each; M contributes 3, while N and T add 1 apiece. The repeated low-value letters keep the total down for a long word.

The scoring wrinkle is the M: it supplies 3 of the word’s 12 points, while six of its other tiles are worth only 1 each. Build around that M when you can, and look for a premium square rather than expecting the word’s length alone to deliver a big score.

Why does agreement have no one-letter neighbours?

AGREEMENT has no one-letter neighbors, so changing just one tile does not produce a recorded match. Its letter mix is also unusually tight: three E tiles sit alongside A, G, M, N, R, and T. That makes the single anagram, EGAREMENT, a striking rearrangement rather than a small spelling change.

The ending “-ment” connects AGREEMENT with rhymes such as DIFFERENT, GOVERNMENT, and DEVELOPMENT. The rhyme set has 12 entries, including short choices like WENT and SENT. For a playing move, remember that a rhyme is not necessarily an anagram or a legal one-letter neighbor; each describes a different word relationship.

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Questions people ask

Is agreement a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, AGREEMENT is accepted in Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE. It is a common English word with meanings tied to shared understanding, contracts, and grammatical matching. Its base tile score is 12 points, before any board bonuses change the total.
What is the anagram of agreement?
EGAREMENT is the sole anagram of AGREEMENT in the word list. It uses the same letters, including the three E tiles, but is much less familiar in everyday English. Check your game's word list before playing an unusual rearrangement.
Does agreement rhyme with other words?
Yes, AGREEMENT shares its “-ent” ending with 12 rhymes. Examples include DIFFERENT, GOVERNMENT, DEVELOPMENT, MOMENT, and EVENT. Rhyming words share a sound, not necessarily the same letters, so these examples are not anagrams of AGREEMENT.

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