Definitions For Winnow

noun

  • The act of separating grain from chaff

verb

  • Blow away or off with a current of air
  • Select desirable parts from a group or list
  • Separate the chaff from grain by using air currents
  • Blow on
  • To remove (people or things that are less important, desirable, etc.) from a larger group or list : to make (a list of possible choices) smaller by removing the less desirable choices
  • To remove (the unwanted coverings of seeds) from grain by throwing the grain up in the air and letting the wind blow the unwanted parts away

Is Winnow 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
12
Words with Friends
14

The word Winnow is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Winnow in a Sentence

  • The least qualified applicants were winnowed out of the initial pool.
  • Harvesters winnowed the chaff from the wheat.

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