screw: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with S · ends with W
Meaning of screw
noun
A device that has a helical function. A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
A device that has a helical function. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
A device that has a helical function. A ship's propeller.
A device that has a helical function. An Archimedes screw.
Listed forms: screws.
Source: Wiktionary — screw.
verb
- transitive
To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
- ambitransitive, slang, vulgar
To have sexual intercourse with.
- slang, transitive
To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
- transitive
To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.
Listed forms: screws, screwing, screwed, screwn.
Source: Wiktionary — screw.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for screw.
noun
someone who guards prisoners
noun
a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
- screw propeller
noun
slang for sexual intercourse
verb
have sexual intercourse with
- sleep together
- roll in the hay
- love
- make out
- make love
- sleep with
- get laid
- have sex
- know
- do it
- be intimate
- have intercourse
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is screw in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of screw
S(1) + C(3) + R(1) + E(1) + W(4) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of screw
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from screw
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in screw. Showing up to 24, longest first.