Definitions for awry

awry a·wry

Spelling: [uh-rahy]
IPA: /əˈraɪ/

Awry is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in awry (arwy).

Definitions for awry

adverb, adjective

  1. with a turn or twist to one side; askew:
  2. away from the expected or proper direction; amiss; wrong:

Origin of awry

First recorded in 1325-75, awry is from the Middle English word on wry. See a-1, wry

Examples for awry

The miner did not die, but remained all his life with his neck twisted and awry.

You see, the folks who're alone are the folks who've got no one to go to when things get awry.

Knowledge boxes all awry, mouths crooked, and noses that have had the upper-cut.

Anna Belle's nose was buried in the grass and her hat was awry.

The stove, with its perspective all awry, was tame and precise, and in colour as dingy as mire.

She was constrained to watch, to conceal—to be awry, in fact.

His coat is soiled and torn, his cravat is put on awry, and his linen is none of the cleanest.

Right off the bat, papyrologist Brice C. Jones noted that something was awry.

Most people try to act cool, like nothing is awry, when nearly everything is tilted.

And you with the pillow all awry, and that bit of a shawl over you!

Word Value for awry
Scrable

10

Words with friends

9

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