Dictionary Entry
uncanny
uncanny is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 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 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly.
- 2adjective
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences- John Galsworthy- Henry Kingsley
"an eldritch screech"
"the three weird sisters"
- 3adjective
surpassing the ordinary or normal - George Will
"Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel"
"his uncanny sense of direction"
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