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

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4-letter words (5 found)

GINS,INGS,SIGN,SING,SNIG,

3-letter words (7 found)

GIN,GIS,ING,INS,NIS,SIG,SIN,

2-letter words (4 found)

GI,IN,IS,SI,

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

Definitions and meaning of sign

sign

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: sīn, IPA(key): /saɪn/
  • Homophones: sine, syne
  • Rhymes: -aɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English signe, sygne, syng, seine, sine, syne, from Old English seġn (sign; mark; token) and Old French signe, seing (sign; mark; signature); both from Latin signum (a mark; sign; token); root uncertain. Doublet of signum. Partially displaced native token.

Noun

sign (countable and uncountable, plural signs)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
    Synonyms: indication, evidence
    1. An omen.
    2. (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, can be detected objectively by someone other than the patient.
  2. A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
    Synonyms: mark, marking, signal, symbol
  3. (Canada, US, Australia, uncountable) Physical evidence left by an animal.
  4. A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
  5. A wonder; miracle; prodigy.
  6. (astrology) An astrological sign.
  7. (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.
  8. A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
  9. (uncountable) Sign language in general.
  10. A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); (linguistics, semiotics) a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. (See sign (semiotics).)
  11. A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English signen, seinen, seinien, partly from Old English seġnian (to mark; sign) and partly from Anglo-Norman seigner, seiner et al., Old French signer et al., and their source Latin signāre (to mark, seal, indicate, signify); all from Latin signum (a mark, sign); see Etymology 1, above. Compare sain.

Verb

sign (third-person singular simple present signs, present participle signing, simple past and past participle signed)

  1. To make a mark
    1. (transitive, now rare) To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol. [from 13th c.]
    2. (transitive) To mark, to put or leave a mark on. [from 14th c.]
    3. (transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. [from 15th c.]
    4. (transitive) More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc. [from 15th c.]
    5. (transitive or reflexive) To write (one's name) as a signature. [from 16th c.]
    6. (intransitive) To write one's signature. [from 17th c.]
    7. (intransitive) To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc. [from 19th c.]
      • 2011, The Guardian, (headline), 18 Oct 2011:
        Agents say Wales back Gavin Henson has signed for Cardiff Blues.
    8. (transitive) To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract. [from 19th c.]
      It was a great month. I managed to sign three major players.
  2. To make the sign of the cross
    1. (transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross. [from 14th c.]
    2. (reflexive) To cross oneself. [from 15th c.]
  3. To indicate
    1. (intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal. [from 16th c.]
    2. (transitive) To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign.
    3. (transitive) To communicate using gestures to (someone). [from 16th c.]
    4. (intransitive) To use sign language. [from 19th c.]
    5. (transitive) To furnish (a road etc.) with signs. [from 20th c.]
  4. To determine the sign of
    1. (transitive) To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.
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Descendants
  • Maori: haina
  • Scottish Gaelic: soidhn
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Further reading

  • “sign”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sign”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • IGNs, Ings, NGIs, Sing, Sing., gins, ings, nigs, sing, sing., snig

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