Check Dictionary

Find out more about word, its definitions etc.

Valid in these dictionaries

TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of external

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  external
      adj 1: happening or arising or located outside or beyond some
             limits or especially surface; "the external auditory
             canal"; "external pressures" [ant: {internal}]
      2: coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera
         spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income";
         "disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: {external},
         {extraneous}, {outside}]
      3: from or between other countries; "external commerce";
         "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help"
         [syn: {external}, {international}, {outside(a)}]
      4: purely outward or superficial; "external composure"; "an
         external concern for reputation"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
      n 1: outward features; "he enjoyed the solemn externals of
           religion"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

Use this dictionary checker to learn more about a word - find out its meaning and also make sure whether that word is a valid word in any of these dictionaries (used by popular word games). Here is the list of dictionaries it checks for :

OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
SOWPODS / CSW : UK and the rest of the world uses this dictionary for various word games including scrabble.
ENABLE - This is the default dictionary for Words with Friends.

The dictionary checker is also good at solving any issue with a disputed word when you're playing scramble games gainst your friends or family members. As a bonus, you also learn new words while having fun!

Back to Word Unscrambler