haywire

haywire is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: wire for tying up bales of hay. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 14 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 16 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. wire for tying up bales of hay
2. adjective. not functioning properly

   "something is amiss"

   "has gone completely haywire"

   Synonyms: amiss, awry, wrong

3. adjective. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

   "it used to drive my husband balmy"

   Synonyms: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, kookie

Synonyms

amiss, awry, wrong, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky, whacky

Common word forms

haywires

Words from these letters

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