puckish
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 7
/ˈpʌkɪʃ/
Definition of puckish
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Having a tendency to play tricks on people or tease people by making silly jokes about them; mischievous.
“He has a puckish sense of humor.”
“She has a puckish attitude.”
“He has a puckish grin.”
“They are so puckish for their love of practical jokes.”
“Wolfowitz spoke softly to Yasa, who evidently had no idea who he was but responded with a puckish smile.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Puck + -ish, after the mischievous fairy in English folklore who is also a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Words you can make from puckish
67 playable · top: HICKS (14 pts)
Best play hicks 14 points5-letter words
6 words4-letter words
27 words- HICK 13 pts
- HUCK 13 pts
- PICK 12 pts
- PUCK 12 pts
- CHIP 11 pts
- HUSK 11 pts
- KHIS 11 pts
- SUKH 11 pts
- CUSK 10 pts
- ICKS 10 pts
- KIPS 10 pts
- SICK 10 pts
- SKIP 10 pts
- SUCK 10 pts
- CHIS 9 pts
- HIPS 9 pts
- HUIC 9 pts
- ICHS 9 pts
- PHIS 9 pts
- PISH 9 pts
- PUSH 9 pts
- SHIP 9 pts
- SUCH 9 pts
- CUPS 8 pts
- CUSP 8 pts
- PICS 8 pts
- SCUP 8 pts
3-letter words
24 words2-letter words
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