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Is dictionary a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of dictionary?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (by extension) A reference work on a particular subject or activity in which the entries are arranged alphabetically; an alphabetical encyclopedia.Examples: "a law dictionary"; "a dictionary of sports"broadly
2. (figurative) A person or thing regarded as a repository or compendium of information.figuratively
3. (with of or possessive, frequently figurative, especially derogatory) The collection of words used or understood by a particular person; vocabulary.derogatoryespeciallypossessivewith-of
4. (preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.Examples: "Look it up in the dictionary, and what do you find?"; "By 1986 the name Walkman was included as a word in the English dictionary."
5. (computing) An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a dictionary (sense 1).Examples: "User calls RouteCollection.GetVirtualPath, passing in a RequestContext, a dictionary of values, and an optional route name used to select the correct route to generate the URL."
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To look up in a dictionary.transitive
2. (transitive) To add to a dictionary.Examples: "By a reference to the following dictionaried abbreviations, the simplicity and harmony of each sentence will be manifestly apparent; although it does not embrace everything, and could not, as it would be far too voluminous for general use."; "Should I use a word that a lot of people use but isn't in the dictionary? Uncle Phil would rather get a root canal than say he was scrapbooking, because the word isn't dictionaried."transitive
3. (intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary.Examples: "They [dictionary-makers] may have had their romance at home—may have been crossed in love, and thence driven to dictionarying; may have been involved in domestic tragedies—who can say?"intransitiverare
Definition source: Wiktionary