Dictionary Entry
finesse
finesse is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.
- 2adjective
The act of finessing. See Finesse. i., 2.
- 3intransitive verb
To use artifice or stratagem.
- 4intransitive verb
To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.
- 5noun
subtly skillful handling of a situation
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