Scrabble & Words with friends points
- sign is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
- sign is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
- sign is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7
Definition of sign
- structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted (noun)
Examples
- the highway was lined with signboards
Synonyms
- signboard
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened) (noun)
Examples
- he showed signs of strain
- they welcomed the signs of spring
Synonyms
- mark
- mark with one's signature; write one's name (on) (verb)
Examples
- She signed the letter and sent it off
- Please sign here
Synonyms
- subscribe
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate (verb)
Synonyms
- bless
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message (noun)
Examples
- signals from the boat suddenly stopped
Synonyms
- signal
- signaling
- engage by written agreement (verb)
Examples
- They signed two new pitchers for the next season
Synonyms
- contract
- sign on
- sign up
- used of the language of the deaf (adjective)
Synonyms
- gestural
- sign-language
- signed
- an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come (noun)
Examples
- it was a sign from God
Synonyms
- augury
- foretoken
- preindication
- approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation (verb)
Examples
- Have you signed your contract yet?
Synonyms
- ratify
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs (verb)
Examples
- He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture
- The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu
Synonyms
- signal
- signalise
- signalize
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided (noun)
Synonyms
- house
- mansion
- planetary house
- sign of the zodiac
- star sign
- having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) (noun)
Examples
- charges of opposite sign
Synonyms
- polarity
- a character indicating a relation between quantities (noun)
Examples
- don't forget the minus sign
- a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified (noun)
Examples
- The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary
- a gesture that is part of a sign language (noun)
- a public display of a message (noun)
Examples
- he posted signs in all the shop windows
- be engaged by a written agreement (verb)
Examples
- He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18
- The soprano signed to sing the new opera
- communicate in sign language (verb)
Examples
- I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin
- (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease (noun)
Examples
- there were no signs of asphyxiation
- place signs, as along a road (verb)
Examples
- sign an intersection
- This road has been signed
See definition of sign in Merriam Webster