WINDUP is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WINDUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WINDUP?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WINDUP is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WINDUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
windupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WINDUP scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WINDUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does WINDUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
The closing stage of an activity, or a toy or device powered by a spring that has to be wound by hand.
Windup has two quite separate uses. In the first, it is the final part of a meeting, project or season, the point at which loose ends are tied up and things come to a close. In baseball it also names the pitcher's swinging motion before a throw. In the second, it describes a mechanism, such as a toy or clock, driven by a coiled spring, and it is often written as an adjective in windup toy. The word is formed from the phrase wind up.
How WINDUP is used
Also written wind-up or wind up (verb phrase); the closed form is common in American usage.
- The windup of the meeting took only ten minutes.
- The pitcher began his windup and the crowd went quiet.
- He gave her a windup mouse that ran across the floor.
- The season windup was held at the old club house.
- A windup clock needs winding every morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WINDUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WINDUP
The 6 tiles of WINDUP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WINDUP
1 longer words begin with WINDUP.
Shorter words from the letters in WINDUP
Common questions about WINDUP
- Is WINDUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WINDUP, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WINDUP worth?
- WINDUP is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WINDUP mean?
- The closing stage of an activity, or a toy or device powered by a spring that has to be wound by hand.
- What letters can be added to WINDUP?
- WINDUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WINDUP:
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