Definitions for tailwind

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tailwind tail·wind

Spelling: [teyl-wind]

IPA: /ˈteɪlˌwɪnd/

Tailwind 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 177 anagrams from letters in tailwind (adiilntw).

Definitions for tailwind

noun

1. a wind coming from directly behind a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to headwind).

Origin of tailwind

First recorded in 1895-1900; tail¹ + wind¹

Examples for tailwind

Mitt Romney blew into South Carolina on a New Hampshire tailwind and a Republican field that could do no right.

When Obama won Iowa in 2008, or Wisconsin, it felt like a presaging of November, like the candidate was riding a tailwind.