9 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
adjective in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
adverb in the direction that the hands of a clock move
originEtymology tree English clock Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English clockwise From clock + -wise.
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