Definitions for undertow

undertow un·der·tow

Spelling: [uhn-der-toh]
IPA: /ˈʌn dərˌtoʊ/

Undertow is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 279 anagrams from letters in undertow (denortuw).

Definitions for undertow

noun

  1. the seaward, subsurface flow or draft of water from waves breaking on a beach.
  2. any strong current below the surface of a body of water, moving in a direction different from that of the surface current.

Origin of undertow

First recorded in 1810-20; under- + tow1

Examples for undertow

He got ashore after havin' been knocked down and dragged in four times by the undertow.

He was almost within her reach, when the undertow swept him back.

Given the frustration in the international community, Israel must reverse an undertow of isolation.

This undertow, of violence and duplicitousness and frustration, paradoxically propels the book forward.

Seven days after Flight 370 disappeared, the families of those on board are stuck in an undertow of uncertainty.

But life itself is messy and unceremonious; it cannot stop too long for death without losing itself to the undertow.

The undertow writhed about their legs, jerked at them wrathfully.

You will be flung on the holme by that undertow on the lee side.

"All along the undertow is strengthening its hold," Cuomo sang.

So swift was the undertow that Powder River was dragged from beneath its rider.

Word Value for undertow
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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