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Is beacon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word beacon is a Scrabble US word. The word beacon is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is beacon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word beacon is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

B3E1A1C3O1N1

Is beacon a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word beacon is a Words With Friends word. The word beacon is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4E1A1C4O1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

BEACON,

5-letter words (6 found)

BACON,BANCO,BEANO,BONCE,CANOE,OCEAN,

4-letter words (14 found)

ACNE,AEON,ANCE,BANC,BANE,BEAN,BONA,BONE,CANE,CONE,EBON,EOAN,NABE,ONCE,

3-letter words (25 found)

ABO,ACE,ANE,BAC,BAE,BAN,BAO,BEN,BOA,BON,CAB,CAN,COB,CON,EAN,ECO,EON,NAB,NAE,NEB,NOB,OBA,OBE,OCA,ONE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AB,AE,AN,BA,BE,BO,EA,EN,NA,NE,NO,OB,OE,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from beacon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of beacon

beacon

Etymology

From Middle English beken, from Old English bēacn (“sign, signal”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (compare West Frisian beaken (“buoy”), Dutch baken (“beacon”), Middle Low German bāke (“beacon, sign”), German Bake (“traffic sign”), Middle High German bouchen (“sign”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂u-, *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbiːkən/
  • Rhymes: -iːkən

Noun

beacon (plural beacons)

  1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
  2. (nautical) A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.
  3. A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
  4. (figurative) That which gives notice of danger, hope, etc., or keeps people on the correct path.
  5. An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.
  6. (Internet) Short for web beacon.

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See also

  • cairn
  • leading mark
  • navigation aid
  • navigation mark
  • radar reflector
  • sea mark, seamark

Verb

beacon (third-person singular simple present beacons, present participle beaconing, simple past and past participle beaconed)

  1. (intransitive) To act as a beacon.
  2. (transitive) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
  3. (transitive) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

Related terms

  • beckon

Source: wiktionary.org