thoroughfare

Noun

a public road from one place to another
A passage; a way through.
A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.
An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.

Examples

The sign leading to the other carriage reads: No thoroughfare.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English thurghfare, corresponding to thorough- (“through”) + fare. Compare Old English þurhfaran (“to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate”). Compare also Old English þurhfær (“inner secret place”), German Durchfahrt (“passage through, thoroughfare”).

Scrabble Score: 22

thoroughfare: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
thoroughfare: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thoroughfare: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

thoroughfare: valid Words With Friends Word