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What does seesaw mean? Is seesaw a Scrabble word?

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Is seesaw a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word seesaw is a Scrabble US word. The word seesaw is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

S1E1E1S1A1W4

Is seesaw a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word seesaw is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1E1E1S1A1W4

Is seesaw a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word seesaw is a Words With Friends word. The word seesaw is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1E1E1S1A1W4

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6-letter words (1 found)

SEESAW,

5-letter words (4 found)

EASES,SEASE,SWEES,WASES,

4-letter words (15 found)

AWEE,AWES,EASE,ESES,ESSE,EWES,SAWS,SEAS,SEES,SESE,SEWS,SWEE,WAES,WASE,WEES,

3-letter words (14 found)

ASS,AWE,EAS,EEW,ESS,EWE,SAE,SAW,SEA,SEE,SEW,WAE,WAS,WEE,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AS,AW,EA,EE,ES,EW,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from seesaw according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of seesaw

seesaw

Alternative forms

  • see-saw

Etymology

Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzagging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sô, IPA(key): /ˈsiː.sɔː/
    • Rhymes: -iːsɔ
  • (US) enPR: sô, IPA(key): /ˈsi.sɔ/
  • (cot–caught merger) enPR: sä, IPA(key): /ˈsiː.sɑː/
    • Rhymes: -iːsɑ

Noun

seesaw (plural seesaws)

  1. A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
    Synonym: teeter-totter
  2. A series of up-and-down movements.
  3. A series of alternating movements or feelings.
  4. (medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.

Translations

Verb

seesaw (third-person singular simple present seesaws, present participle seesawing, simple past and past participle seesawed)

  1. (intransitive) To use a seesaw.
  2. (intransitive, by extension) To fluctuate.
  3. (transitive) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.

Translations

Adjective

seesaw (comparative more seesaw, superlative most seesaw)

  1. fluctuating.

Anagrams

  • Weases

Source: wiktionary.org