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Yes. The word signal is a Scrabble US word. The word signal is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word signal is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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6-letter words (7 found)

ALGINS,ALIGNS,LASING,LIANGS,LIGANS,LINGAS,SIGNAL,

5-letter words (18 found)

ALGIN,ALIGN,ANILS,GAINS,GILAS,GLANS,GLIAS,LIANG,LIGAN,LINGA,LINGS,NAILS,SIGLA,SIGNA,SLAIN,SLANG,SLING,SNAIL,

4-letter words (33 found)

AGIN,AILS,AINS,ANIL,ANIS,GAIN,GALS,GANS,GILA,GINS,GLIA,INGS,ISNA,LAGS,LAIN,LANG,LIAS,LIGS,LING,LINS,NAGS,NAIL,NGAI,NILS,SAIL,SAIN,SANG,SIAL,SIGN,SING,SLAG,SNAG,SNIG,

3-letter words (29 found)

AGS,AIL,AIN,AIS,ALS,ANI,ANS,GAL,GAN,GAS,GIN,GIS,ING,INS,LAG,LAS,LIG,LIN,LIS,NAG,NAS,NIL,NIS,SAG,SAI,SAL,SAN,SIG,SIN,

2-letter words (12 found)

AG,AI,AL,AN,AS,GI,IN,IS,LA,LI,NA,SI,

You can make 99 words from signal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of signal

signal

Alternative forms

  • signall

Etymology

From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sĭgʹnəl, IPA(key): /ˈsɪɡnəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡnəl
  • Hyphenation: sig‧nal

Noun

signal (plural signals)

  1. A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
  2. Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.
  3. A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
  4. An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
  5. (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.
    My mobile phone can't get a signal in the railway station.
  6. An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.
  7. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
  8. Useful information, as opposed to noise.
  9. (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
  10. (biochemistry) A signalling interaction between cells

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "useful information"): noise

Derived terms

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See also

  • tocsin

Verb

signal (third-person singular simple present signals, present participle (UK) signalling or (US) signaling, simple past and past participle (UK) signalled or (US) signaled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To indicate; to convey or communicate by a signal.
  2. (transitive) To communicate with (a person or system) by a signal.
    Seeing the flames, he ran to the control room and signalled headquarters.

Derived terms

  • missignal
  • oversignal
  • undersignal

Translations

Adjective

signal (not comparable)

  1. Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.
    a signal exploit; a signal success; a signal act of benevolence

Synonyms

  • eminent, noteworthy, significant; see also Thesaurus:important or Thesaurus:notable

Related terms

  • signature (adjective)

Anagrams

  • Saling, algins, aligns, lasing, liangs, lingas

Danish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin signale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈnæˀl/

Noun

signal n (singular definite signalet, plural indefinite signaler)

  1. a signal

Declension

References

  • “signal” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Re-latinization of Old French segnal, from Medieval Latin signale, from Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.ɲal/

Noun

signal m (plural signaux)

  1. signal

Derived terms

  • écrevisse signal

Related terms

  • signe

Descendants

  • Dutch: signaal, (obsolete) signael
    • → Indonesian: sinyal
  • → Turkish: sinyal

Further reading

  • “signal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • lignas

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin signale.

Noun

signal n (definite singular signalet, indefinite plural signal or signaler, definite plural signala or signalene)

  1. a signal

Derived terms

References

  • “signal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin signale.

Noun

signal n (definite singular signalet, indefinite plural signal, definite plural signala)

  1. a signal

Derived terms

References

  • “signal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French signal.

Noun

signal n (plural signale)

  1. signal

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Signal, from Medieval Latin signale, from Latin signum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sǐɡnaːl/
  • Hyphenation: sig‧nal

Noun

sìgnāl m (Cyrillic spelling сѝгна̄л)

  1. signal

Declension

References

  • “signal” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Latin signālis, from signum.

Pronunciation

Noun

signal c

  1. a signal

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • signal in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
  • signal in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

  • inslag, ligans, singla, slinga

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle, noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum.

Pronunciation

Noun

signal n (plural signale)

  1. signal

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