Winches is valid Scrabble Word

Is winches a scrabble word?
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Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is winches valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

7 letters word
15 points in Scrabble
16 points in WWF

Definitions for WINCHES in dictionary:

VERB:

WINCH, to raise with a hoist
hoist or haul with a winch

NOUN:

a hauling or lifting device consisting of a rope or chain winding round a horizontal rotating drum, turned typically by a crank or by motor.
the reel of a fishing rod.
the crank of a wheel or axle.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to raise with a winch (a hoisting machine)

Words related to WINCHES

winch13 winched16 winching17

Words that contain WINCHES

winchester18 winchesters19

How to use WINCHES in a sentence

Through the roar of the winches she heard coarse shouts and the bellowing of cattle.
A tug towed a row of barges to an anchored steamer, and the rattle of winches came down the wind.
The bows lifted, and starting the winches, they hauled aft the ropes.
A rattle of cranes and winches sounded from the shipping in the harbour, but the town itself was half asleep.
All the while the winches hammered and pulleys screamed as the cases came up and the empty slings went down.
He heard distinctly the creaking of winches, and knew that the boats were being lowered.
He laid down his bag and roll, sat awhile listening to the shift of feet and the clatter of cargo winches on deck and pierhead.
He pulled a certain crank, upon which the steam winches began to revolve with ghostly creakings, bringing the anchor up out of the mud.
There was a bedlam of whistles, the thunder of steam winches, the clang of surface cars, the rattle of typewriters.
Away with you on to the main deck, and get hatches off, and whip the top tier of that cargo over the side as fast as you can make the winches travel.

All night long winches and men were creaking, groaning, and shouting, as some of the cargo was put overboard into two large lighters.
The winches were next manned, and guns, rockets, and blue lights let off in rapid succession.

Similar words containing WINCHE without suffix s

winched16 wincher15 winchers16 winchester18 winchesters19

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