Scrabble & Words with friends points
- institution is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
- institution is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
- institution is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14
Definition of institution
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose (noun)
Synonyms
- establishment
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new (noun)
Synonyms
- creation
- foundation
- founding
- initiation
- innovation
- instauration
- introduction
- origination
- a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person (noun)
Synonyms
- asylum
- insane asylum
- mental home
- mental hospital
- mental institution
- psychiatric hospital
- a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society (noun)
Examples
- the institution of marriage
- the institution of slavery
- he had become an institution in the theater
- an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated (noun)
See definition of institution in Merriam Webster