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Is dial a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dial is a Scrabble US word. The word dial is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

D2I1A1L1

Is dial a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dial is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

D2I1A1L1

Is dial a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dial is a Words With Friends word. The word dial is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2I1A1L2

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4-letter words (3 found)

DALI,DIAL,LAID,

3-letter words (5 found)

AID,AIL,DAL,LAD,LID,

2-letter words (8 found)

AD,AI,AL,DA,DI,ID,LA,LI,

You can make 16 words from dial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dial

dial idal dail adil iadl aidl dila idla dlia ldia ilda lida dali adli dlai ldai aldi ladi iald aild ilad liad alid laid

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Definitions and meaning of dial

dial

Etymology

The original meaning was 'sundial' and/or 'clock dial'; from Middle English diall, from Middle French dyal, from Latin diālis (“daily, concerning the day”), because of its use in telling the time of day, from Latin diēs (“day”). Compare Spanish dial and día (“day”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ.əl/, [ˈdaɪ.əɫ]
  • Rhymes: -aɪəl
  • Hyphenation: di‧al

Noun

dial (plural dials)

  1. A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
  2. A clock face.
  3. A sundial.
  4. A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
  5. A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
  6. (UK, Australia, slang) A person's face. [from 19th c.]
  7. A miner's compass.

Translations

Verb

dial (third-person singular simple present dials, present participle (US) dialing or dialling, simple past and past participle (US) dialed or dialled)

  1. (transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
  2. (transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.
  3. (intransitive) To use a dial or a telephone.

Usage notes

  • The spellings Dialing and dialed are more common in the US. Dialling and dialled are more common elsewhere.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • Dail, Dali, Dalí, dali, laid

Spanish

Noun

dial m (plural diales)

  1. dial

Further reading

  • “dial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh dial, from Old Welsh digal, from Proto-Brythonic *diɣal, from Proto-Celtic *dī-galā. Cognate with Cornish dial, Breton dial and Old Irish dígal and its modern derivatives.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiː.al/
  • Rhymes: -iːal

Noun

dial m (plural dialau or dialon)

  1. revenge, vengeance
    Synonym: dialedd

Verb

dial (first-person singular present dialaf)

  1. to avenge, to get one's own back
    Synonyms: talu'n ôl, talu'r pwyth yn ôl

Usage notes

  • This verb is followed by the preposition ar.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • dialedd (“vengence, nemesis”)
  • dialgar (“vengeful”)
  • dialwr (“avenger”)
  • dialydd (“avenger”)

Mutation

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dial”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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