dial
Definitions, pronunciation, related words, and community validation from players who tested this word in Spelling Bee.
Community validation
Did you try this word? Vote to let us know if it was accepted or not.
Your vote can be updated later, but rapid repeated voting is rate-limited.
Spelling Bee Profile
How dial fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
A D I L
Two-Letter Start
DI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
AL
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- DI start
- AL ending
Try it when
- dial is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, d, i, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- The AL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the DI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 2 published Daily pages.
Next useful action
Put dial back into puzzle context.
Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
noun
A clock face.
noun
A sundial.
noun
A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
noun
A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
noun
A person's face.
noun
A miner's compass.
verb
To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
"President Trump has recently dialled down the rhetoric."
verb
To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.
"In an emergency dial 999."
verb
To use a dial or a telephone.
"Please be careful when dialling."
Related Words
Same Letters
- laid