channel: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 12 letter points · starts with C · ends with L
Meaning of channel
noun
The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
Example: The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.
The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
Example: A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.
The navigable part of a river.
Example: We were careful to keep our boat in the channel.
A narrow body of water between two land masses.
Example: The English Channel lies between France and England.
Listed forms: channels.
Source: Wiktionary — channel.
verb
- transitive
To make or cut a channel or groove in.
- transitive
To direct or guide along a desired course.
Example: We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.
- transitive
To serve as a medium for.
Example: She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth.
- transitive
To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
Example: He was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it.
Listed forms: channels, channeling, channelling, channeled, channelled.
Source: Wiktionary — channel.
noun
The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
Listed forms: channels.
Source: Wiktionary — channel.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for channel.
noun
a path over which electrical signals can pass
- transmission channel
noun
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
noun
(often plural) a means of communication or access
- communication channel
- line
noun
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is channel in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of channel
C(3) + H(4) + A(1) + N(1) + N(1) + E(1) + L(1) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of channel
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from channel
43 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in channel. Showing up to 24, longest first.