district

Plural: districts

Noun

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
An administrative division of an area.
An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
A specific, usually named area of the coalface where particular seams are worked.

Verb

Verb Forms: districted, districting, districts

To divide an area into administrative or electoral regions.
regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
To divide into administrative or other districts.

Adj

rigorous; stringent; harsh

Examples

We mentally DISTRICT the Scrabble board into sections to optimize our scoring opportunities.

Origin / Etymology

From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”). Doublet of Detroit.

Synonyms

dominion, territorial dominion, territory, zone

Scrabble Score: 11

district: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
district: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
district: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

district: valid Words With Friends Word