amiss

amiss is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as adverb, adjective, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adverb. Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
2. adjective. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
3. noun. A fault, wrong, or mistake.
4. adjective. not functioning properly

   "something is amiss"

   "has gone completely haywire"

   Synonyms: awry, haywire, wrong

5. adverb. in an imperfect or faulty way- Jane Austen

   "The lobe was imperfectly developed"

   "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"

   Synonyms: imperfectly

6. adverb. in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner

   "if you think him guilty you judge amiss"

   "he spoke amiss"

7. adverb. away from the correct or expected course

   "something has gone awry in our plans"

   "something went badly amiss in the preparations"

   Synonyms: awry

Synonyms

awry, haywire, wrong, imperfectly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in amiss:

missa, simas

Common word forms

amis, amissing, amissness

Words from these letters

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