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Is sly a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sly is a Scrabble US word. The word sly is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

S1L1Y4

Is sly a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sly is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

S1L1Y4

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3 letters words from 'sly'

SLY 6 

All 3 letters words made out of sly

sly lsy syl ysl lys yls

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Definitions and meaning of sly

sly

Alternative forms

  • sligh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English sly, sley, sleigh, sleiȝ, from Old Norse slægr, slœgr (“sly, cunning”, literally “capable of hitting or striking”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (“lively, agile, cunning, sly, striking”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, throw”). Cognate with Icelandic slægur (“crafty, sly”), Norwegian Nynorsk sløg (“sly”). Related to sleight, slay. In all likelihood, however, unrelated with Saterland Frisian slau (“sly, crafty”), Dutch sluw (“sly, cunning”), Low German slu (“sly, cunning”), German schlau (“clever, crafty”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Adjective

sly (comparative slier or slyer, superlative sliest or slyest)

  1. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
  2. (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
    Synonyms: nimble, skillful, cautious, shrewd
  3. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
  4. Light or delicate; slight; thin.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:wily

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • sly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • sly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Adverb

sly

  1. Slyly.

Anagrams

  • Lys, YLS, YLs, lys, syl-

Lower Sorbian

Adjective

sly

  1. Obsolete spelling of zły (“bad, evil”)

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • scle, slei, sley, scley, slegh, sleigh, sleygh, sligh, slygh, sleȝ, sleiȝ, sleiȝh, sliȝ, slyȝ, scliȝ, slyȝh, sleyh, slih, slyh

Etymology

From Old Norse slœgr, from Proto-Germanic *slōgiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sliː/, /slɛi̯/, /slix/, /slɛi̯x/

Adjective

sly (plural and weak singular slye, comparative slyer, superlative sliest)

  1. Judicious, considered, shrewd; having or indicative of great wisdom.
  2. Adept, expert, quality; having or indicative of great expertise.
  3. Sly, artful, wily; employing or being an example of deception.
  4. (rare) Attractive; having good looks.
  5. (rare) Unknown or hidden.

Related terms

  • sleighly
  • sleight
  • slynesse

Descendants

  • English: sly
  • Scots: slee

References

  • “sleigh, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-05.

Swedish

Noun

sly n

  1. very young trees, in particular while growing very densely

Declension

Anagrams

  • lys, syl, yls

Source: wiktionary.org
  • the state of being sluttish.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)