washout

washout is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 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 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.
2. noun. someone who is unsuccessful

   Synonyms: dud, flop

3. noun. the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

   "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"

   Synonyms: wash

4. noun. the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water

   "it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road"

Synonyms

dud, flop, wash

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in washout:

outwash

Common word forms

washouts

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