telephone

NOUNVERB /tɛlə,foʊn/

9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH T

telephone is a valid 9-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

T1E1L1E1P3H4O1N1E1

1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =14 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42

MEANING

What does telephone mean?

NOUN · 2 SENSES

Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds.

“I talked to him on the telephone”

SYNONYMS

PHONE TELEPHONE SET

BROADER

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

NARROWER

SPEAKERPHONE TELEPHONE EXTENSION DESK PHONE DIAL PHONE DIAL TELEPHONE EXTENSION EXTENSION PHONE FRENCH TELEPHONE

Transmitting speech at a distance.

SYNONYMS

TELEPHONY

BROADER

TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION

NARROWER

TELEPHONE CALL CALL CALL WAITING CALL FORWARDING VOICE MAIL PHONE CALL VOICEMAIL

VERB · 1 SENSE

Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.

SYNONYMS

CALL CALL UP PHONE RING

BROADER

TELECOMMUNICATE

NARROWER

CELL PHONE CALL IN

TELEPHONER

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of telephone

SAME TILES, DIFFERENT WORDS

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