thwart is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Adjective (COMPARABLE)

Comparative Superlative
more thwart most thwart
    Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
    (figuratively dated) Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
    • Synonyms: cross-grained, froward, Thesaurus:obstinate
    (figuratively dated) Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
    • Synonyms: unpropitious, untoward, Thesaurus:unlucky

Adverb (NOT COMPARABLE)

Not comparable
    (obsolete) Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.

Preposition

    (archaic or poetic) Across, athwart.

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
thwart thwarts thwarting thwarted thwarted
    (transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
    • Synonyms: balk#Verb, foil#Verb_2, spoil
    (transitive obsolete) To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
    (transitive also figuratively obsolete) To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
    • Synonyms: Thesaurus:hinder

Noun (COUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
thwart thwarts
    (nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
    • Synonyms: thaught, thawt, thoft
    (nautical) A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
    • A well-made dugout canoe rarely needs a thwart.
    (rare) An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.

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