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Is sleight a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sleight is a Scrabble US word. The word sleight is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

S1L1E1I1G2H4T1

Is sleight a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sleight is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

S1L1E1I1G2H4T1

Is sleight a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sleight is a Words With Friends word. The word sleight is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1L2E1I1G3H3T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

SLEIGHT,

6-letter words (9 found)

EIGHTS,GILETS,LEGIST,LEGITS,LIGHTS,LITHES,SLEIGH,SLIGHT,TEHSIL,

5-letter words (32 found)

EIGHT,GEIST,GEITS,GELTS,GHEST,GILET,GILTS,GITES,GLEIS,GLITS,HEILS,HEIST,HILTS,ISLET,ISTLE,LEGIT,LEISH,LIGHT,LITES,LITHE,LITHS,SHIEL,SHITE,SIETH,SIGHT,SITHE,STEIL,STILE,TEILS,THIGS,TIGES,TILES,

4-letter words (56 found)

EGIS,EISH,ELHI,ELTS,ETHS,GEIT,GELS,GELT,GEST,GETS,GHIS,GIES,GILT,GIST,GITE,GITS,GLEI,GLIT,HEIL,HEST,HETS,HIES,HILT,HIST,HITS,ISLE,LEGS,LEIS,LEST,LETS,LIES,LIGS,LIST,LITE,LITH,LITS,SEIL,SHET,SHIT,SIGH,SILE,SILT,SITE,SITH,SLIT,STIE,TEGS,TEIL,TELS,THIG,THIS,TIES,TIGE,TIGS,TILE,TILS,

3-letter words (41 found)

EHS,ELS,ELT,EST,ETH,GEL,GET,GHI,GIE,GIS,GIT,HES,HET,HIE,HIS,HIT,ISH,ITS,LEG,LEI,LES,LET,LIE,LIG,LIS,LIT,SEG,SEI,SEL,SET,SHE,SIG,SIT,TEG,TEL,TES,THE,TIE,TIG,TIL,TIS,

2-letter words (15 found)

EH,EL,ES,ET,GI,HE,HI,IS,IT,LI,SH,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 155 words from sleight according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sleight

sleight

Etymology

From Middle English sleighte, sleyght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of slöjd/sloyd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • Homophone: slight

Noun

sleight (countable and uncountable, plural sleights)

  1. Cunning; craft; artful practice.
  2. (countable) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
  3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

Related terms

  • sleight of hand
  • sleightly
  • sleighty

Translations

Anagrams

  • Leights

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

sleight

  1. Alternative form of sleighte

Etymology 2

Adjective

sleight

  1. Alternative form of slight

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English slight, from Old English sliht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sliːt/

Adjective

sleight

  1. slight

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 68

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