Definitions For Pinwheel

noun

  • A circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire
  • A toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind
  • A wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim
  • Perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
  • A toy that has a set of thin blades that are arranged like a fan on the end of a stick and that spin like a wheel when air is blown on them
  • A type of firework that spins like a wheel

Is Pinwheel 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
16
Words with Friends
18

The word Pinwheel is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Pinwheel in a Sentence

  • The kayaker had got sucked into the whirlpool, and his kayak was pinwheeling helplessly

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