The word windlass is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • windlass n. Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights.
  • windlass n. A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course.
  • windlass n. An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.

34 valid words from 3 definitions

AN AND ANY APPARATUS ARBLAST AROUND BENDING BOW CABLE CIRCUITOUS COURSE CROSSBOW CYLINDER FOR FORMS HEAVY IN IS LIFTING OF OR RESEMBLING ROPE ROUNDABOUT THE USED VARIOUS WAY WEIGHTS WHICH WINCH WINDING WINDLASS WOUND

8 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AS ASS IN LA LAS LASS WIN WIND

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AL SAL

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

WINDLESS

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

WINDLASSED WINDLASSES WINDLASSING

2 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+B WINDSLABS
+I WINDSAILS

One anagram minus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-W ISLANDS

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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