Definitions For Athwart

adverb

  • At an oblique angle
  • At right angles to the center line of a ship

Is Athwart a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
12

The word Athwart is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Athwart in a Sentence

  • athwart the road was farmland as far as the eye could see
  • After it enters the Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane is predicted to advance athwart to the Texas coastline
  • We hung the twisted strips of crepe paper athwart to the floor and ceiling so that they formed giant crosses on all four walls

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