Labels
/ˈleɪbəlz/
noun
- A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
"Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two."
- A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
"Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster"."
- A company that sells records.
"The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape."
- A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
"Storage devices can be given by label or ID."
- A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
verb
- To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
"The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop."
- (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
"He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once."
- To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
- To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro
Total: 8 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Labels"
Labels is a 6-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Labels" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "labels" is a low-scoring word.