newel

newel is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A novelty; a new thing. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A novelty; a new thing.
2. noun. The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. See Hollow newel, under Hollow.
3. noun. the central pillar of a circular staircase
4. noun. the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail

Common word forms

newels

Words from these letters

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