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12 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective situated in or oriented toward the northwest
adjective of a region of the United States generally including Washington; Oregon; Idaho; and sometimes Montana; Wyoming
originProbably the reflex of Old English *norþwesterne, equivalent to north + western, cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German nōrtwestern and Old High German nordwestrōni. Compare earlier northeastern, southeastern, and southwestern.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- northwester 17
- northwest 15
- throwster 15
- whetstone 15
- nowheres 14
- reshower 14
- showerer 14
- throwers 14
- whetters 14
- nowhere 13
- reshown 13
- thrower 13