Definitions for blind-alley

blind-alley blind alley

Blind-Alley is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 425 anagrams from letters in blind-alley (-abdeilllny).

Definitions for blind-alley

noun

  1. a road, alley, etc., that is open at only one end.
  2. a position or situation offering no hope of progress or improvement:

Origin of blind-alley

First recorded in 1575-85

Examples for blind-alley

Would he reach some blind alley and be at the mercy of the pursuing crowd?

He had not moved from Butcher back to life, but had run from Butcher down a blind alley.

There was not a retired court, a dark lane, or a blind alley, with which he was unfamiliar.

It is nothing else than the stuffy, blind alley known as the Devil's Kitchen.

Every way he looked, he seemed to be peering into a blind alley.

You may say to me, 'Have you led me into a blind alley, out of which I cannot get?

As the Captain had previously reported, it was a blind alley.

It was not a blind alley, stopping at the point now reached.

The young Jews have the foresight to avoid "blind alley" occupations.

He knew what that meant; this road was like a blind alley, with no outlet.

Word Value for blind-alley
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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