UnscrambleTheWord.co

wind

Is it a Scrabble word? See definition, points, and words you can make.

Is wind a Scrabble word?

Yes, wind is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of wind?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.Examples: "The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship."; "As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack."; "The winds in Chicago are fierce."Synonyms: breezecountableuncountable

2. (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.Examples: "After the second lap he was already out of wind."; "The fall knocked the wind out of him."countableuncountable

3. (figurative) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.Examples: "Police got wind of the lottery, tried to track it down."; "to catch wind of something"; "Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend."countablefigurativelyuncountable

4. (figurative) A tendency or trend.Examples: "the wind of change"; "But many of those issues failed to draw Spanish voters, or even scared them, and the country’s election results went contrary to Europe’s political winds."countablefigurativelyuncountable

5. (philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.countableuncountable

6. (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.Examples: "to pass wind"Synonyms: gascolloquialuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.Examples: "Earl Walter winds his bugle horn; / To horſe, to horſe, halloo, halloo! / His fiery courſer ſnuffs the morn, / And thronging ſerfs their Lord purſue."; "Something higher must lie at the back of that eager response to pack-music and winded horn — something born of the smell of the good earth"; ""If your Majesty is ever to use the Horn," said Trufflehunter, "I think the time has now come." Caspian had of course told them of this treasure several days ago./[…]/"Then in the name of Aslan we will wind Queen Susan's Horn," said Caspian."transitive

2. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.Examples: "The boxer was winded during round two."transitive

3. (transitive, British) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.Britishtransitive

4. (transitive, British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.Britishtransitive

5. (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.transitive

6. (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.Examples: "The hounds winded the game."transitive

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.Examples: "to wind thread on a spool or into a ball"; "Whether to wind / The woodbine round this arbour."; "It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar."transitive

2. (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.Examples: "Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock."transitive

3. (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.Examples: "Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms."transitive

4. (intransitive) To travel or follow a path with numerous curves.Examples: "Vines wind round a pole.  The river winds through the plain."; "He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path which[…]winded through the thickets of wild boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs."; "The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea."intransitive

5. (transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.Examples: "to turn and wind a fiery Pegasus"; "Gifts blind the vviſe, and bribes do pleaſe, / And vvinde all other witneſſes: […]"; "Were our legislature vested in the person of our prince, he might doubtless wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure."transitive

6. (transitive) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.Examples: "You have contrived[…]to wind / Yourself into a power tyrannical."; "'Tis pleasant to see what little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse"transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "wind"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "wind"?

Scrabble
8 points
W4
I1
N1
D2
Words With Friends
9 points
W4
I1
N2
D2

Browse related word lists

← Unscramble different letters