Boggle Word Finder
SEMAPHORE
✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✓
Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
18
pts
SEMAPHORE is a valid 9-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 18 in Super Big Boggle.
Word family
Might be on the same board
Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.
noun
- countableuncountableAny equipment used for visual signalling by means of flags, lights, or mechanically moving arms, which are used to represent letters of the alphabet, or words.
- countableuncountableA visual system for transmitting information using the above equipment; especially, by means of two flags held one in each hand, using an alphabetic and numeric code based on the position of the signaller's arms; flag semaphore.
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countableuncountableA bit, token, fragment of code, or some other mechanism which is used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time, or to synchronize and coordinate events in different processes.
- The thread increments the semaphore to prevent other threads from entering the critical section at the same time.
verb
- ambitransitivefigurativelyTo signal using, or as if using, a semaphore, with the implication that it is done nonverbally.