Scrabble & Words with friends points
- tumble is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
- tumble is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
- tumble is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14
Definition of tumble
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty (verb)
Synonyms
- catch on
- cotton on
- get it
- get onto
- get wise
- latch on
- twig
- fall down, as if collapsing (verb)
Examples
- The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it
Synonyms
- topple
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing (verb)
Synonyms
- tip
- topple
- fly around (verb)
Examples
- The clothes tumbled in the dryer
Synonyms
- whirl
- whirl around
- a sudden drop from an upright position (noun)
Synonyms
- fall
- spill
- fall apart (verb)
Synonyms
- break down
- collapse
- crumble
- crumple
- an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end (noun)
- do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully (verb)
- fall suddenly and sharply (verb)
Examples
- Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency
- put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying (verb)
Examples
- Wash in warm water and tumble dry
- roll over and over, back and forth (verb)
- suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat (verb)
- throw together in a confused mass (verb)
Examples
- They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern
See definition of tumble in Merriam Webster