beacon

beacon is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
2. noun. A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
3. noun. A high hill near the shore.
4. noun. That which gives notice of danger.
5. transitive verb. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
6. transitive verb. To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
7. noun. a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

   Synonyms: lighthouse, pharos

8. noun. a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes
9. noun. a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
10. verb. guide with a beacon
11. verb. shine like a beacon

Synonyms

lighthouse, pharos

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in beacon:

bonace

Common word forms

beacons, beaconed, beaconing, beaconless

Words from these letters

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