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Is winnow a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word winnow is a Scrabble US word. The word winnow is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is winnow a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word winnow is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is winnow a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word winnow is a Words With Friends word. The word winnow is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

WINNOW,

4-letter words (4 found)

NONI,NOWN,WINN,WINO,

3-letter words (8 found)

INN,ION,NON,NOW,OWN,WIN,WON,WOW,

2-letter words (7 found)

IN,IO,NO,OI,ON,OW,WO,

You can make 20 words from winnow according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of winnow

winnow

Etymology

From Middle English winewen, windewen, windwen, from Old English windwian (“to winnow, fan, ventilate”), from Proto-West Germanic *windwōn, from Proto-Germanic *windwōną, *winþijaną (“to throw about, winnow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wē- (“to winnow, thresh”). Cognate with Middle High German winden (“to winnow”), Icelandic vinsa (“to pick out, weed”), Latin vannus (“a winnowing basket”). See fan, van.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɪnoʊ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɪnəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnəʊ

Verb

winnow (third-person singular simple present winnows, present participle winnowing, simple past and past participle winnowed)

  1. (transitive, agriculture) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
    Synonym: wind
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.
  3. (transitive, literary) To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
  4. (intransitive, literary, dated) To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.

Usage notes

  • Used with adverb or preposition "down"; see also winnow down.
  • Used with adverbs or prepositions "through", "away", and "out".

Hyponyms

  • winnow down

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Noun

winnow (plural winnows)

  1. That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.
  2. The act of winnowing

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References

  • “winnow”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “winnow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “winnow”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org