What it means
- (noun) A strong wind or storm from the northwest.
- (adjective) Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest
- (adjective) (chiefly of a wind) coming from the northwest
- (adverb) From the northwest
Letter analysis
- Northwesterly contains 13 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 10 consonant(s).
- It uses 10 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 22.
Sub-words
- northerly
- northwest
- telethons
- whetstone
- honester
- honestly
- hosteler
- hostelry
- rottener
- telethon
- throwers
- torrents
- westerly
- wrestler
- holster
- honesty
- hornets
- hostler
- howlers
- letters
- lottery
- netters
- nettles
- nowhere
- reentry
- relents
- renters
- restore
- retorts
- rewrote
- rosette
- settler
- shelter
- shorten
- shorter
- shortly
- showery
- sterner
- sternly
- sweetly
- swelter
- tensely
- tersely
- tethers
- thereon
- thereto
- thrones
- thrower
- torrent
- trestle
- trowels
- welters
- western
- whereon
- wrestle
- enrols
- enters
- helots
- heresy
Related words
Other 13-letter words
- abbreviations
- abnormalities
- abolitionists
- accelerations
- acceptability
- accessibility
- acclimatizing
- accommodating
- accommodation
- accompaniment
- accomplishing
- accouterments
- accoutrements
- accreditation
- acculturation
- accumulations
- acetaminophen
- acknowledging
Words starting with NOR
- nor
- norm
- normal
- normalcy
- normality
- normalization
- normalize
- normalized
- normalizes
- normalizing
- normally
- normative
- norms
- north
- northbound
- northeast
- northeaster
- northeasterly
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Words ending with RLY
Common questions
What does Northwesterly mean?
A strong wind or storm from the northwest.
How many letters are in Northwesterly?
Northwesterly has 13 letters.
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