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TAILSPIN

8 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

TAILSPIN is a valid 8-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 11 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

TAILSPINS-s 11 TAILSPINNING-ning 11 TAILSPINNED-ned 11
noun
  1. The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
    • The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.
  2. figurativelyA severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.
    • Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin.
  3. figurativelyAny sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
    • The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent.
verb
  1. Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral.
  2. figurativelyTo go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.