Updated June 2026
An act of moving or changing position or place, or a group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas. Also refers to a principal division of a longer musical work.
“The civil rights movement brought about significant social and legislative changes throughout the 1960s.”
/ˈmu:vmənt/
move·ment
Eight letters with pattern MOVE-; contains four vowels (O, E, E)
Worth 15 points; common word with the valuable V adding strategic scoring
Shorter words formed from the letters in “movement”.
9-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “movement”.
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