Boggle Word Finder
TAILSPINNING
◐ IN SOME DICTIONARIES
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✗
Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
24
pts
TAILSPINNING is a valid 12-letter Boggle word. It's listed in TWL06 and SOWPODS but not ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 24 in Super Big Boggle.
TAILSPINNING root TAILSPIN-ning
Word family
noun
-
The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
- The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.
-
figurativelyA severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.
- Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin.
-
figurativelyAny sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
- The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent.
verb
- Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral.
- figurativelyTo go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.