screw- root words — words with the screw- root

The root screw- comes from Old French escroue, meaning nut, female screw (originally sow/vulva). 5 words in Dendril are built from it, including screwier, screwiest, screwy, escrow, thumbscrew. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the screw- root

Explore words with screw- — words containing the screw- root and sharing its sense of "nut, female screw (originally sow/vulva)". Examples include screwier, screwiest, screwy, escrow, thumbscrew. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does screw- mean?

The screw- root means nut, female screw (originally sow/vulva), from Old French escroue. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.