wry

wry is a 3-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cover. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cover.
2. superlative. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
3. superlative. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
4. superlative. Wrested; perverted.
5. intransitive verb. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
6. intransitive verb. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
7. adjective. To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
8. adjective. humorously sarcastic or mocking

   "dry humor"

   "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"

   Synonyms: dry, ironic, ironical

9. adjective. bent to one side

   "a wry neck"

Synonyms

dry, ironic, ironical

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in wry:

rwy

Common word forms

wried, wrier, wries, wryer, wryly, wriest, wryest, wrying, wryness

Words from these letters

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