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Winks

Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:13 pts5 letters
Definition of Winks

noun

  1. An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
  2. A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
  3. A brief time; an instant.
  4. The smallest possible amount.
  5. A subtle allusion.

    "The film includes a wink to wartime rationing."

verb

  1. To close one's eyes in sleep.
  2. To close one's eyes.
  3. Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
  4. To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
  5. To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)

    "He winked at me. She winked her eye. He winked his assent."

noun

  1. A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.

noun

  1. (Chiefly British) Periwinkle.
Anagrams of Winks

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "winks":

swink

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "winks" and rearranging:

+sswinks
Related Word Patterns
WI...Words starting with "wi"...KSWords ending with "ks"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "winks"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
w4
i1
n1
k5
s1

Total: 12 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Winks
aardvarksabelmosksafterdecksaftershocksairchecksairparksalmanacksalpenstocksamberjacksamoksamtracksamucks
Related 5-Letter Words
wackewackowackswackywaddywadedwaderwadeswadiswaferwaffswaftswagedwagerwages

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Winks"

Winks is a 5-letter word that scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "winks" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Winks" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "winks" is a medium-scoring word.