wily

wily is a 4-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 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 10 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.
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, tricky

Synonyms

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky

Common word forms

wilier, wilily, wiliest

Words from these letters

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