Definitions For Windhover

Noun

WINDHOVER (plural WINDHOVERs) (Britain) The common kestrel (falco tinnunculus). from 1674

Synonyms

kestrel staniel windfucker, windsucker

Translations

common kestrel

Etymology

wind + hovering by beating the wind with its hover/"/>wing#noun/">hover, due to the bird’s habit of [[hovering by beating the wind with its wing#noun + href="/define/wings; compare the earlier word {{m/">wings]]; compare the earlier word {{m + en + windfucker}}.{{r:online etymology dictionary}}

Is Windhover a Scrabble Word?

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

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Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
20

The word Windhover is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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