sleight
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
Definition of sleight
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Cunning; craft; artful practice.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)Cunning; craft; artful practice.
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(countable)An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
“If men have so many sleights to compass their matters, how can the compasser himself hold his fingers?”
- (countable, uncountable)Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
name
- A surname.
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Etymology
From Middle English sleighte, sleyght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sly and slöjd/sloyd.
Words you can make from sleight
114 playable · top: EIGHTS (10 pts)
Best play eights 10 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
18 words4-letter words
41 words- GHIS 8 pts
- SIGH 8 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
- ETHS 7 pts
- HEIL 7 pts
- HEST 7 pts
- HETS 7 pts
- HIES 7 pts
- HILT 7 pts
- HIST 7 pts
- HITS 7 pts
- SHIT 7 pts
- SITH 7 pts
- THIS 7 pts
- EGIS 5 pts
- GELS 5 pts
- GELT 5 pts
- GEST 5 pts
- GETS 5 pts
- GIES 5 pts
- GILT 5 pts
- GIST 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- GITS 5 pts
- LEGS 5 pts
- TEGS 5 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LEST 4 pts
- LETS 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- LIST 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- LITS 4 pts
- SILT 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- SLIT 4 pts
- TELS 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TILS 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- GHI 7 pts
- ETH 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HET 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- HIT 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- THE 6 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIS 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- SEG 4 pts
- SIG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIS 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
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