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Is cell a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cell is a Scrabble US word. The word cell is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word cell is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

CELL,

3-letter words (2 found)

CEL,ELL,

2-letter words (1 found)

EL,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 5 words from cell according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of cell

cell ecll clel lcel elcl lecl cell ecll clel lcel elcl lecl clle lcle clle lcle llce llce ellc lelc ellc lelc llec llec

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word cell. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in cell.

Definitions and meaning of cell

cell

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛl/
  • Homophones: cel, sell
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle English celle, selle, from Old English cell (attested in inflected forms), from Latin cella (“chamber, small room, compartment”), later reinforced by Old French cel, sele, Old French cele. ultimately from Proto-Italic *kelnā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Doublet of cella and hall.

Noun

cell (plural cells)

  1. A single-room dwelling for a hermit. [from 10th c.]
  2. (now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment. [from 11th c.]
  3. A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. [from 14th c.]
  4. A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. [from 18th c.]
    Synonym: prison cell
  5. Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb. [from 14th c.]
  6. (biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions. [from 14th c.]
  7. (entomology) The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
  8. (obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories. [14th–19th c.]
  9. A section or compartment of a larger structure. [from 16th c.]
  10. (obsolete, chiefly literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den. [16th–19th c.]
  11. A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery. [from 19th c.]
  12. (biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself. [from 19th c.]
  13. (meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front. [from 20th c.]
  14. (cellular automata) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior. [from 20th c.]
  15. (card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
  16. A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one. [from 20th c.]
  17. (communication) A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode. [from 20th c.]
  18. (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
  19. (geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
  20. (statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
  21. (architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
  22. (architecture) A cella.
  23. (entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.
Usage notes

In the sense of an electrical device, "cell" is the technically correct name for a single unit of battery-type power storage, whereas a battery is a device comprising multiple of them, though it is often used for simple cells.

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:cell.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:cell
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
  • cellar
  • cellular
  • cellule
Translations

Verb

cell (third-person singular simple present cells, present participle celling, simple past and past participle celled)

  1. (transitive) To place or enclose in a cell.

Etymology 2

From cell phone, from cellular phone, from cellular + telephone.

Noun

cell (plural cells)

  1. (US, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, informal) A cellular phone.
Usage notes
  • Widely used attributively.
Translations

Further reading

  • “cell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “cell”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “cell”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Cell in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of cellulair or borrowed directly from English cell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛl/
  • Hyphenation: cell

Noun

cell m (plural cells, diminutive celltje n)

  1. (Suriname, colloquial) cellular phone, mobile phone.
    Synonyms: (Belgium) gsm, (Netherlands) mobiel

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Clipping of cellulaire; influenced by North American English cell

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛl/

Noun

cell m (plural cells)

  1. (Quebec, colloquial) cellular phone, mobile phone; clipping of téléphone cellulaire.
    Synonyms: portable, téléphone portable, téléphone cellulaire, cellulaire, téléphone mobile, mobile

Middle English

Noun

cell

  1. Alternative form of celle

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲel͈/

Noun

cell f

  1. church

Inflection

Descendants

  • Irish: cill
  • Manx: keeill
  • Scottish Gaelic: cill

Mutation

References

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin cella

Pronunciation

Noun

cell c

  1. cell; a room in a prison.
  2. Cell; a room in a monastery for sleeping one person.
  3. Cell; a small group of people forming part of a larger organization.
  4. (biology) Cell; the basic unit of a living organism.
  5. (biology) Cell; a cavity in a structure such as a honeycomb.
  6. (computing) Cell; a minimal unit of a cellular automaton.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • cellulas
  • cellulit
  • celluloid
  • cellulosa
  • cellulär

References

  • cell in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • cell in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • cell in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kell, from Proto-Brythonic *kell, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛɬ/

Noun

cell f (plural celloedd, diminutive cellan)

  1. cell

Derived terms

Mutation


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