nowadays
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/
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/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ · /ˈnuː.ə.deɪz/
Definition of nowadays
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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(not-comparable)At the present time; in the current era.
“Cars nowadays are more efficient.”
“Me-thinkes miſtreſſe, you ſhould haue little reaſon for that: and yet to ſay the truth, reaſon and loue keepe little company together, now-adayes.”
“What is it that now adayes makes all our quarrells mortall?”
“The appellation of Germany, is ſeldom uſed now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of Mentz.”
“And in his spare moments, of which there were not many nowadays, he would go alone to the quarry, collect a load of broken stone, and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted.”
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Etymology
From now + adays.
Words you can make from nowadays
131 playable · top: NOWAYS (12 pts)
Best play noways 12 points5-letter words
16 words4-letter words
49 words- WADY 11 pts
- WYND 11 pts
- AWAY 10 pts
- AWNY 10 pts
- SWAY 10 pts
- WANY 10 pts
- WAYS 10 pts
- WYNS 10 pts
- YAWN 10 pts
- YAWS 10 pts
- YOWS 10 pts
- DAWN 8 pts
- DAWS 8 pts
- DAYS 8 pts
- DOWN 8 pts
- DOWS 8 pts
- WADS 8 pts
- WAND 8 pts
- WOAD 8 pts
- YODS 8 pts
- YOND 8 pts
- AWNS 7 pts
- NAYS 7 pts
- NOSY 7 pts
- NOWS 7 pts
- OWNS 7 pts
- SAWN 7 pts
- SNAW 7 pts
- SNOW 7 pts
- SOWN 7 pts
- SOYA 7 pts
- SWAN 7 pts
- WANS 7 pts
- WONS 7 pts
- ADOS 5 pts
- ANDS 5 pts
- DANS 5 pts
- DONA 5 pts
- DONS 5 pts
- DOSA 5 pts
- NADA 5 pts
- NODS 5 pts
- ODAS 5 pts
- SAND 5 pts
- SODA 5 pts
- ANAS 4 pts
- ANOA 4 pts
- ANSA 4 pts
- NAOS 4 pts
3-letter words
46 words- WAY 9 pts
- WYN 9 pts
- YAW 9 pts
- YOW 9 pts
- DAW 7 pts
- DAY 7 pts
- DOW 7 pts
- WAD 7 pts
- YOD 7 pts
- ANY 6 pts
- AWA 6 pts
- AWN 6 pts
- AYS 6 pts
- NAW 6 pts
- NAY 6 pts
- NOW 6 pts
- OWN 6 pts
- SAW 6 pts
- SAY 6 pts
- SOW 6 pts
- SOY 6 pts
- SYN 6 pts
- WAN 6 pts
- WAS 6 pts
- WON 6 pts
- WOS 6 pts
- YAS 6 pts
- YON 6 pts
- ADO 4 pts
- ADS 4 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DAS 4 pts
- DON 4 pts
- DOS 4 pts
- NOD 4 pts
- ODA 4 pts
- ODS 4 pts
- SAD 4 pts
- SOD 4 pts
- AAS 3 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- SAN 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
2-letter words
19 wordsFind your best play with nowadays
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