northwest passage
NOUN
17 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH N
northwest passage is a valid 17-letter word worth 25 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
N1O1R1T1H4W4E1S1T1P3A1S1S1A1G2E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 =25 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 50TRIPLE WORD → 75
MEANING
What does northwest passage mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906).