Definitions for windfall

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Spelling: [wind-fawl]
IPA: /ˈwɪndˌfɔl/

Windfall is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 169 anagrams from letters in windfall (adfillnw).

Definitions for windfall

noun

  1. an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like.
  2. something blown down by the wind, as fruit.

adjective

  1. accruing in unexpectedly large amounts:

Origin of windfall

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at wind1, fall

Examples for windfall

The man who gets a windfall spends his days watching the wind.

The Vatican reinvested about 60% of its windfall in government bonds.

Snuffy's as poor as Job's turkey; it was a windfall for him.

But then I learned about “glitching,” the exploitation of programming bugs that can provide a windfall of GTA money.

It generates tragedy, violence, and a windfall for undertakers.

Is this ignorant and sanitized speech truly a windfall for feminism?

It's like a windfall, like a godsend, like an unexpected piece of luck.

With some areas, the differences are stark in terms of where this windfall lands.

I agreed to everything, and was only too delighted at such a windfall.

M'Glashan's instinct told him that 'Lorrequer' was a windfall.

Word Value for windfall
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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