waspish
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/ˈwɒs.pɪʃ/(UK)
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/ˈwɒs.pɪʃ/(UK) · /ˈwɑ.spɪʃ/(US)
Definition of waspish
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
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adj
- Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp.
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(figuratively)Spiteful or irascible.
“Svveet Hony-Comb, don't be ſo VVaſpiſh: […]”
“Always, he radiated an air of soigné self-confidence: he could be amiable in his opinions or waspish, but he never betrayed a flicker of doubt about what he thought.”
- Suggestive of the behaviour of a WASP.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From wasp + -ish.
Words you can make from waspish
93 playable · top: PSHAWS (14 pts)
Best play pshaws 14 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
18 words4-letter words
32 words- WHAP 12 pts
- WHIP 12 pts
- HAWS 10 pts
- SHAW 10 pts
- SHWA 10 pts
- WASH 10 pts
- WISH 10 pts
- HAPS 9 pts
- HASP 9 pts
- HIPS 9 pts
- PASH 9 pts
- PAWS 9 pts
- PHIS 9 pts
- PISH 9 pts
- SHIP 9 pts
- SWAP 9 pts
- WAPS 9 pts
- WASP 9 pts
- WISP 9 pts
- AHIS 7 pts
- HISS 7 pts
- SASH 7 pts
- SAWS 7 pts
- WISS 7 pts
- ASPS 6 pts
- PASS 6 pts
- PIAS 6 pts
- PISS 6 pts
- PSIS 6 pts
- SAPS 6 pts
- SIPS 6 pts
- SPAS 6 pts
3-letter words
28 words2-letter words
11 wordsFind your best play with waspish
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