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13 letters · 23 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
adjective toward the northwest
adverb in a northwestward direction
originEtymology tree English northwest Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English northwestward From northwest + -ward.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- downwash 18
- northwards 17
- handwrote 16
- northward 16
- shoreward 16
- swearword 16
- northwest 15
- throwster 15
- thwarters 15
- waterworn 15
- harrowed 15
- shadower 15