close to the wind
ADVERB
17 LETTERS · STARTS WITH C
close to the wind is a valid 17-letter word worth 23 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3L1O1S1E1T1O1T1H4E1W4I1N1D2
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 =23 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 46TRIPLE WORD → 69
MEANING
What does close to the wind mean?
ADVERB · 1 SENSE
1
Nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming.
“sailing close to the wind”