dwindle

dwindle is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
2. transitive verb. To make less; to bring low.
3. transitive verb. To break; to disperse.
4. noun. The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.
5. verb. become smaller or lose substance

   "Her savings dwindled down"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dwindle:

windled

Common word forms

dwindled, dwindles, dwindling, dwindlement

Words from these letters

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