screwball

screwball is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 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 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
2. noun. a whimsically eccentric person

   Synonyms: crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut

3. adjective. foolish; totally unsound

   "a crazy scheme"

   "half-baked ideas"

   Synonyms: crazy, softheaded

Synonyms

crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, crazy, softheaded

Common word forms

screwballs, screwballer

Words from these letters

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