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Is sentinel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sentinel is a Scrabble US word. The word sentinel is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

S1E1N1T1I1N1E1L1

Is sentinel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sentinel is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1E1N1T1I1N1E1L1

Is sentinel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sentinel is a Words With Friends word. The word sentinel is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1E1N2T1I1N2E1L2

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8-letter words (2 found)

LENIENTS,SENTINEL,

7-letter words (9 found)

INTENSE,LENIENT,LENITES,LINNETS,LISENTE,SETLINE,TENNESI,TENNIES,TENSILE,

6-letter words (27 found)

ELINTS,ELITES,ENISLE,ENLIST,ENSILE,INLETS,INTELS,LENITE,LENTEN,LINENS,LINNET,LISTEE,LISTEN,NELIES,NESTLE,NIENTE,SEITEN,SENILE,SENNET,SENNIT,SILENE,SILENT,SINNET,TENESI,TENNES,TENNIS,TINSEL,

5-letter words (51 found)

EISEL,ELINT,ELITE,ELSIN,ENLIT,ESILE,ETENS,INLET,INSET,INTEL,ISLET,ISTLE,LEETS,LENES,LENIS,LENSE,LENTI,LIENS,LINEN,LINES,LINNS,LINTS,LITES,NEIST,NELIS,NENES,NETES,NINES,NITES,SEINE,SENTE,SENTI,SIENT,SILEN,SLEET,STEEL,STEEN,STEIL,STEIN,STELE,STILE,TEELS,TEENS,TEILS,TEINS,TELES,TENES,TENNE,TENSE,TILES,TINES,

4-letter words (66 found)

EELS,EINE,ELSE,ELTS,ENES,ENTS,ESNE,ETEN,INNS,ISLE,LEES,LEET,LEIS,LENS,LENT,LEST,LETS,LIEN,LIES,LINE,LINN,LINS,LINT,LIST,LITE,LITS,NENE,NEST,NETE,NETS,NIES,NILS,NINE,NITE,NITS,SEEL,SEEN,SEIL,SELE,SENE,SENT,SIEN,SILE,SILT,SINE,SITE,SLEE,SLIT,SNEE,SNIT,STEN,STIE,TEEL,TEEN,TEES,TEIL,TEIN,TELE,TELS,TENE,TENS,TIES,TILE,TILS,TINE,TINS,

3-letter words (39 found)

EEL,EEN,ELS,ELT,ENE,ENS,EST,INN,INS,ITS,LEE,LEI,LES,LET,LIE,LIN,LIS,LIT,NEE,NET,NIE,NIL,NIS,NIT,SEE,SEI,SEL,SEN,SET,SIN,SIT,TEE,TEL,TEN,TES,TIE,TIL,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (14 found)

EE,EL,EN,ES,ET,IN,IS,IT,LI,NE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 209 words from sentinel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sentinel

sentinel

Alternative forms

  • centinel (obsolete)

Etymology

1570s, from Middle French sentinelle, from Old Italian sentinella (perhaps via a notion of "perceive, watch", compare Italian sentire (“to feel, hear, smell”)), from Latin sentiō (“feel, perceive by the senses”). See sense, sentient.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛntɪnəl/

Noun

sentinel (plural sentinels)

  1. A sentry, watch, or guard.
  2. (obsolete) A private soldier.
  3. (computer science) A unique value recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way, or marking the end of a set of data.
  4. A sentinel crab.
  5. (attributive, medicine, epidemiology) A sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect).
  6. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (figuratively) Someone who is hardworking and dutiful.

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Verb

sentinel (third-person singular simple present sentinels, present participle (US) sentineling or (UK) sentinelling, simple past and past participle (US) sentineled or (UK) sentinelled)

  1. (transitive) To watch over as a guard.
    He sentineled the north wall.
  2. (transitive) To post a guard for.
    He sentineled the north wall with just one man.

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Anagrams

  • lenients

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