wise
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Is wise a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of wise?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (colloquial, ironic, sarcastic) Disrespectful.Examples: "Don't get wise with me!"colloquialironicsarcastic
2. (colloquial) Aware, informed (to something).Examples: "Be careful: the boss is wise to your plan to call out sick."colloquial
verb (English)
1. (ergative, slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.Examples: "Mo wised him up about his situation."; "After Mo had a word with him, he wised up."ergativeslang
noun (English)
1. (archaic) Way, manner, or method.Examples: "In such wise that all the beasts, great and small, came to the court save Reynard the Fox."; "Now the birth of Iesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Ioseph (before they came together) shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost."; "[…] the prize Dead Greece vouchsafes to living eyes, — Her Art for ever in fresh wise From hour to hour rejoicing me."archaic
verb (English)
1. (dialectal) To instruct.dialectal
2. (dialectal) To advise; induce.dialectal
3. (dialectal) To show the way, guide.dialectal
4. (dialectal) To direct the course of, pilot.dialectal
5. (dialectal) To cause to turn.dialectal
noun (English)
1. (aviation, nautical) Acronym of wing-in-surface effect.Synonyms: wing-in-surface-effect, wing in surface-effect, wing-in-surface effect, wing in surface effectabbreviationacronymalt-of
name (English)
1. (space science, US) Acronym of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (“a NASA infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope that performed an all-sky astronomical survey with images in 3-22 μm wavelength bands”).USabbreviationacronymalt-of
Definition source: Wiktionary