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Is unwind a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word unwind is a Scrabble US word. The word unwind is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

U1N1W4I1N1D2

Is unwind a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word unwind is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

U1N1W4I1N1D2

Is unwind a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word unwind is a Words With Friends word. The word unwind is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

U2N2W4I1N2D2

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6-letter words (1 found)

UNWIND,

4-letter words (2 found)

WIND,WINN,

3-letter words (9 found)

DIN,DUI,DUN,INN,NID,NUN,UNI,WIN,WUD,

2-letter words (5 found)

DI,ID,IN,NU,UN,

You can make 17 words from unwind according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of unwind

unwind

Etymology

From Middle English unwinden, from Old English unwindan (“to unwind; unwrap”), from Proto-Germanic *andawindaną (“to unwind”); equivalent to un- +‎ wind (“to coil”). Cognate with Dutch ontwinden (“to unwind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌnˈwaɪnd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnd

Verb

unwind (third-person singular simple present unwinds, present participle unwinding, simple past and past participle unwound)

  1. (transitive) To separate (something that is wound up)
    Synonyms: untwist, untwine
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To disentangle
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress
  4. (intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
  5. (transitive, finance) To close out a position, especially a complicated position.
  6. (transitive, finance) To undo something.
  7. (transitive, programming) To analyse (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.
  8. (transitive, figurative) To unravel or explain.

Related terms

  • wind

Translations

Noun

unwind (plural unwinds)

  1. Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something.

Source: wiktionary.org