Periods

7 lettersnouncommon

Updated February 2026

Definition

Lengths or portions of time, or intervals between events. Can also refer to punctuation marks (full stops) or menstrual cycles.

“The museum exhibition covers several historical periods from ancient to modern times.”

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Contains three vowels E, I, O with common consonants P, R, D, S

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Worth 10 points; valuable P with useful S plural for extensions

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