tricky

tricky is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.
2. adjective. marked by skill in deception

   "cunning men often pass for wise"

   "deep political machinations"

   Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, wily

3. adjective. having concealed difficulty

   "a catchy question"

   "a tricky recipe to follow"

   Synonyms: catchy

4. adjective. not to be trusted- James Agee

   "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"

   Synonyms: slippery

Synonyms

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, wily, catchy, slippery

Common word forms

trickier, trickily, trickiest

Words from these letters

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