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Winds

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noun · verb · 5 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of wind

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : valid

What does winds mean?

noun

  1. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

    “trees bent under the fierce winds”

    Synonymsair currentcurrent of air

  2. a tendency or force that influences events

    “the winds of change”

  3. breath

    “the collision knocked the wind out of him”

  4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

    “that's a lot of wind”

    Synonymsmalarkeymalarkyidle wordsjazznothingness

  5. an indication of potential opportunity

    “he got a tip on the stock market”

    Synonymstipleadsteerconfidential informationhint

  6. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath

    Synonymswind instrument

verb

  1. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

    “the river winds through the hills”

    Synonymsweavethreadmeanderwander

  2. extend in curves and turns

    “The road winds around the lake”

    Synonymstwistcurve

  3. arrange or or coil around

    “roll your hair around your finger”

    Synonymswraprolltwine

  4. catch the scent of; get wind of

    “The dog nosed out the drugs”

    Synonymsscentnose

  5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

    “wind your watch”

    Synonymswind up

  6. form into a wreath

    Synonymswreathe

Definitions shown for wind, the base form of winds.

Is WINDS a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) Yes

How many points is WINDS worth?

Scrabble

9 pts
w 4i 1n 1d 2s 1

Words With Friends

10 pts
w 4i 1n 2d 2s 1

Wordfeud

9 pts
w 4i 1n 1d 2s 1

NYT Crossplay

10 pts
w 5i 1n 1d 2s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in WINDS

Words that end like WINDS

Common words that share the ending -INDS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

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All words ending in -INDS

Winds: quick answers

Is WINDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. WINDS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 9 points before board bonuses.
How many points is WINDS worth?
WINDS scores 9 points in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends, 9 in Wordfeud and 10 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does winds mean?
winds is the plural and third-person singular form of wind, which means “air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure”. It has 12 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in WINDS?
You can make 19 shorter words from WINDS, such as WIND, WINS, WIN, WIS. See the full list.