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Is serial a Scrabble word?

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

S1E1R1I1A1L1

Is serial a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1E1R1I1A1L1

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Yes. The word serial is a Words With Friends word. The word serial is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (6 found)

ARIELS,RAILES,RESAIL,SAILER,SERAIL,SERIAL,

5-letter words (30 found)

AESIR,AISLE,ARIEL,ARILS,ARISE,ARLES,EARLS,LAERS,LAIRS,LARES,LARIS,LASER,LEARS,LEIRS,LIARS,LIERS,LIRAS,RAILE,RAILS,RAISE,RALES,REAIS,REALS,RIALS,RIELS,RILES,SERAI,SERAL,SILER,SLIER,

4-letter words (54 found)

AILS,AIRS,ALES,ARES,ARIL,ARIS,ARLE,ARSE,EARL,EARS,ERAS,ILEA,IRES,ISLE,LAER,LAIR,LARE,LARI,LARS,LASE,LEAR,LEAS,LEIR,LEIS,LIAR,LIAS,LIER,LIES,LIRA,LIRE,RAIL,RAIS,RALE,RASE,REAL,REIS,RIAL,RIAS,RIEL,RILE,RISE,SAIL,SAIR,SALE,SARI,SEAL,SEAR,SEIL,SEIR,SERA,SIAL,SILE,SIRE,SLAE,

3-letter words (35 found)

AIL,AIR,AIS,ALE,ALS,ARE,ARS,EAR,EAS,ELS,ERA,ERS,IRE,LAR,LAS,LEA,LEI,LES,LIE,LIS,RAI,RAS,REI,RES,RIA,SAE,SAI,SAL,SAR,SEA,SEI,SEL,SER,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AI,AL,AR,AS,EA,EL,ER,ES,IS,LA,LI,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 140 words from serial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of serial

serial

Etymology

1840, in reference to the books of Charles Dickens (published in sequential parts, as a series). Formed as series +‎ -al, on model of Latin seriālis, from seriēs + -ālis.

Cognate to Italian seriale.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɚ.i.əl/
  • Homophone: cereal

Adjective

serial (not comparable)

  1. Having to do with or arranged in a series.
    Synonym: sequential
  2. (of a person) Who performs a specified action or course of action repeatedly or regularly.
    Synonym: career
  3. Published or produced in installments.
  4. (grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that is habitual and ongoing.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

serial (plural serials)

  1. A work, such as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
  2. A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.
  3. (computing, slang) A serial number, esp. one required to activate software.
  4. (UK) A unit of police officers equipped with shields to tackle a riot.

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Russian: сериа́л (seriál, “TV-series”)
    • → Azerbaijani: serial

Translations

See also

  • fascicle
  • twelve tone technique

Verb

serial (third-person singular simple present serials, present participle serialling or (US) serialing, simple past and past participle serialled or (US) serialed)

  1. (transitive) to assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)

References

  • DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. →ISBN, Ch. 6.
  • “serial”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Google books: uses of serial

Anagrams

  • Alires, Israel, Isreal, Lieras, Sailer, Sal Rei, ariels, railes, realis, relais, resail, sailer, serail

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Russian сериа́л (seriál), from English serial.

Pronunciation

Noun

serial (definite accusative serialı, plural seriallar)

  1. (broadcasting, film) series
    türk seriallar ― Turkish TV-series

Declension

Further reading

  • “serial” in Obastan.com.

Indonesian

Etymology

From English serial.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [seˈrial]
  • Hyphenation: sé‧ri‧al

Adjective

sérial

  1. serial (having to do with or arranged in a series; published or produced in installments)

Synonyms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “serial” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English serial.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.rjal/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrjal
  • Syllabification: se‧rial

Noun

serial m inan

  1. (television) series (television program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • serial in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • serial in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English serial. By surface analysis, serie +‎ -al.

Adjective

serial m or n (feminine singular serială, masculine plural seriali, feminine and neuter plural seriale)

  1. serial

Declension

Noun

serial n (plural seriale)

  1. serial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From serie +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈɾjal/ [seˈɾjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: se‧rial

Adjective

serial m or f (masculine and feminine plural seriales)

  1. serial

Derived terms

Noun

serial m (plural seriales)

  1. serial

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org