tailwater
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- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 9
Definition of tailwater
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.
“Like the more renowned Missouri and Henry’s Fork of Montana and Idaho, it is a tailwater fishery; that is, it owes its remarkable fecundity and its population of big wild trout to the cold-water outflow of reservoir impoundment.”
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Etymology
From tail + water.
Words you can make from tailwater
200+ playable · top: AWAITER (10 pts)
Best play awaiter 10 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
20 words5-letter words
53 words- AWAIT 8 pts
- AWARE 8 pts
- TAWER 8 pts
- TAWIE 8 pts
- TRAWL 8 pts
- TWIER 8 pts
- TWIRL 8 pts
- WALER 8 pts
- WALIE 8 pts
- WATER 8 pts
- WRITE 8 pts
- ALATE 5 pts
- ALERT 5 pts
- ALTAR 5 pts
- ALTER 5 pts
- AREAL 5 pts
- ARIEL 5 pts
- ARTAL 5 pts
- ARTEL 5 pts
- ATILT 5 pts
- ATRIA 5 pts
- ATTAR 5 pts
- IRATE 5 pts
- LAARI 5 pts
- LATER 5 pts
- LATTE 5 pts
- LITER 5 pts
- LITRE 5 pts
- RAITA 5 pts
- RATAL 5 pts
- RATEL 5 pts
- REATA 5 pts
- RELIT 5 pts
- RETIA 5 pts
- RIATA 5 pts
- TALAR 5 pts
- TALER 5 pts
- TATAR 5 pts
- TATER 5 pts
- TELIA 5 pts
- TERAI 5 pts
- TETRA 5 pts
- TETRI 5 pts
- TIARA 5 pts
- TILER 5 pts
- TITER 5 pts
- TITLE 5 pts
- TITRE 5 pts
- TRAIL 5 pts
- TRAIT 5 pts
- TREAT 5 pts
- TRIAL 5 pts
- TRITE 5 pts
4-letter words
70 words- LWEI 7 pts
- TWAE 7 pts
- TWAT 7 pts
- TWIT 7 pts
- WAIL 7 pts
- WAIR 7 pts
- WAIT 7 pts
- WALE 7 pts
- WALI 7 pts
- WARE 7 pts
- WART 7 pts
- WATT 7 pts
- WEAL 7 pts
- WEAR 7 pts
- WEIR 7 pts
- WELT 7 pts
- WERT 7 pts
- WETA 7 pts
- WILE 7 pts
- WILT 7 pts
- WIRE 7 pts
- WITE 7 pts
- WRIT 7 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- ALAR 4 pts
- ALIT 4 pts
- AREA 4 pts
- ARIA 4 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- ARIL 4 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- LAIR 4 pts
- LARI 4 pts
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- LATI 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LIAR 4 pts
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- LIRE 4 pts
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- RAIL 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- RIAL 4 pts
- RIEL 4 pts
- RILE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TAIL 4 pts
- TALA 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TALI 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TART 4 pts
- TATE 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TEAT 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TILT 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TIRL 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
3-letter words
50 words- AWA 6 pts
- AWE 6 pts
- AWL 6 pts
- LAW 6 pts
- RAW 6 pts
- TAW 6 pts
- TEW 6 pts
- TWA 6 pts
- WAE 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- WAT 6 pts
- WET 6 pts
- WIT 6 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TIT 3 pts
2-letter words
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