Definitions for spinster

spinster spin·ster

Spelling: [spin-ster]
IPA: /ˈspɪn stər/

Spinster is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 371 anagrams from letters in spinster (einprsst).

Definitions for spinster

noun

  1. Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
  2. Chiefly Law. a woman who has never married.
  3. a woman whose occupation is spinning.

Origin of spinster

1325-75; Middle English spinnestere a woman who spins. See spin, -ster

Examples for spinster

“You can deal with the maid betwixt you two,” pursued the spinster.

And she gave the spinster an encouraging pat on her shoulder.

Susan, a spinster who has never been kissed, has named me as the man she wants to end this unfortunate situation with.

It would have pleased Richard best to have had her remain a spinster.

Deep they needed to be, because the Nazis could take offense quicker than a prudish Victorian spinster.

He was a bachelor, she a spinster; she had money, and he position.

My quaint New England spinster is gone and with her all the point of my playlet.

Ass-kicking, bad guy-killing Carter is just a future spinster.

Spinner and spinster are the only pair of such words, which still survive.

Her own idea was that, if she lived long enough, she would become a spinster.

Word Value for spinster
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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