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Is headway a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word headway is a Scrabble US word. The word headway is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

H4E1A1D2W4A1Y4

Is headway a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word headway is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

H4E1A1D2W4A1Y4

Is headway a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word headway is a Words With Friends word. The word headway is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3E1A1D2W4A1Y3

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7-letter words (1 found)

HEADWAY,

5-letter words (10 found)

AAHED,AHEAD,DAWAH,DEAWY,HAWED,HAYED,HEADY,WAYED,WHYDA,YAWED,

4-letter words (18 found)

ADAW,AHED,AWAY,AWED,AYAH,DEAW,DEWY,HADE,HAED,HEAD,HYED,WAAH,WADE,WADY,WHAE,WHEY,YEAD,YEAH,

3-letter words (35 found)

AAH,AHA,AWA,AWE,AYE,DAE,DAH,DAW,DAY,DEW,DEY,DYE,EDH,HAD,HAE,HAW,HAY,HEW,HEY,HYE,WAD,WAE,WAY,WED,WEY,WHA,WHY,WYE,YAD,YAE,YAH,YAW,YEA,YEH,YEW,

2-letter words (17 found)

AA,AD,AE,AH,AW,AY,DA,DE,EA,ED,EH,EW,HA,HE,WE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 82 words from headway according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of headway

headway

Etymology

Partly from Middle English hauedwei, from Old English hēafodweġ (“head-road, main-road”), equivalent to head +‎ way; partly as a shortening of ahead-way, the source of the nautical sense.

Pronunciation

Noun

headway (countable and uncountable, plural headways)

  1. Movement ahead or forward.
  2. (nautical) Forward motion, or its rate.
  3. (countable, transport) The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route.
  4. (uncountable, figuratively) Progress toward a goal.
  5. (countable) The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.
  6. (coal-mining) A cross-heading.

Derived terms

  • make headway

Translations

See also

  • seaway

References

  • “headway”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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