awry

awry is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as adjectivedverb & adjective, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjectivedverb & adjective. Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry.
2. adjectivedverb & adjective. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
3. adjective. not functioning properly

   "something is amiss"

   "has gone completely haywire"

   Synonyms: amiss, haywire, wrong

4. adjective. turned or twisted toward one side- G.K.Chesterton

   "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"

   "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

   Synonyms: askew, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky

5. adverb. away from the correct or expected course

   "something has gone awry in our plans"

   "something went badly amiss in the preparations"

   Synonyms: amiss

6. adverb. turned or twisted to one side

   "rugs lying askew"

   "with his necktie twisted awry"

   Synonyms: askew

Synonyms

amiss, haywire, wrong, askew, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in awry:

wary, wray

Words from these letters

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