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/ˈɹi.d͡ʒən/
noun

REGION meaning: a considerable, connected area; the six-letter word scores 7 points in Scrabble.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

    “the equatorial regions”

  2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.

  3. The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.

  4. A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

    “the abdominal regions”

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

REGION names an area treated as a whole, whether the boundary is geographic, administrative, or cultural. A city region, a coastal region, and a region of a country all fit that sense. The spelling has six letters and uses one G, worth 2 Scrabble points; the other five tiles are each worth 1.

REGION at a glance

  • REGION is a six-letter English word meaning a connected area.
  • Its Scrabble tile values add to 7: five tiles score 1, and G scores 2.
  • IGNORE and ERINGO are the two anagrams recorded for the same letters.
  • LEGION is the sole one-letter neighbor; both words share the final five letters.

What does REGION mean?

REGION means a considerable, connected part of a space or surface. In ordinary geography, that can be a tract of land or sea with no sharply fixed boundary; the key idea is an area regarded as one unit. The word also applies to an administrative subdivision of a city, territory, or country.

That broad definition fits physical and human geography alike. A coastal region is tied to land and sea; an administrative region is defined by organization. REGION does not name a particular place, and its six letters carry a 7-point face value in Scrabble.

What can you make from REGION?

REGION’s rack value is easy to check: R, E, I, O, and N are each worth 1 point, while G is worth 2. Five single-point tiles plus G make 7 before board premiums. G is the only tile that raises the total above a flat one-point-per-letter count.

Swap the first letter and REGION becomes LEGION, its only one-letter neighbor. That makes the pair easy to confuse on a rack: the final five letters stay in place, so one changed tile creates another word.

The same ending links REGION to a 12-word rhyme set: information, question, million, education, action, and position are among the examples. Those words are longer, so the shared sound is more useful for noticing the -ion ending than for building a same-length play.

Two anagrams use the same letters: IGNORE and ERINGO. Check the less familiar ERINGO against your game’s word list first. REGION appears in Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE.

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  • LEGION7

Questions people ask

Is REGION accepted in Scrabble?
Yes, REGION appears in Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE. Its six letter tiles total 7 points before any board premiums: G is worth 2, and R, E, I, O, and N are each worth 1. Check your game's dictionary if editions differ.
What are the anagrams of REGION?
The two recorded anagrams are IGNORE and ERINGO. IGNORE is a familiar English word; ERINGO is less familiar. Both use the same six letters as REGION, rearranged, but check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.
What word is one letter away from REGION?
LEGION is the one-letter neighbor of REGION. The words differ only at the first letter, R versus L, while the final five letters match. That shared ending makes LEGION easy to spot when you already have most of REGION on your rack.

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