spinster

spinster is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.
2. noun. A man who spins.
3. noun. An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.
4. noun. A woman of evil life and character; -- so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
5. noun. someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)

   Synonyms: spinner

6. noun. an elderly unmarried woman

Synonyms

spinner

Common word forms

spinsters, spinsterly, spinsterous

Words from these letters

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