screwball
NOUNADJECTIVE
/skrubɑl/
9 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S
screwball is a valid 9-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1C3R1E1W4B3A1L1L1
1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING
What does screwball mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A whimsically eccentric person.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
A pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown.
BROADER
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Foolish; totally unsound.
“a screwball proposal without a prayer of working”
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
AT THE BOARD
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