Definitions for undertows

undertows un·der·tow

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

Undertows is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 593 anagrams from letters in undertows (denorstuw).

Definitions for undertows

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 undertows

First recorded in 1810-20; under- + tow1

Examples for undertows

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for undertows
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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