northerly

northerly is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective, adverb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.
2. adverb. Toward the north.
3. noun. a wind that blows from the north

   Synonyms: boreas, norther

4. adjective. coming from the north; used especially of wind

   "the north wind doth blow"

   "a northern snowstorm"

   Synonyms: northern

5. adjective. situated in or oriented toward the north

   "the northern suburbs"

   "going in a northerly direction"

   Synonyms: northern

6. adverb. in a northern direction

   "they earn more up north"

   "Let's go north!"

   Synonyms: north, northward, northwards

Synonyms

boreas, norther, northern, north, northward, northwards

Common word forms

northerlies

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for NORTHERLY lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.