Definitions for risky

risky risk·y

Spelling: [ris-kee]
IPA: /ˈrɪs ki/

Risky is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in risky (ikrsy).

Definitions for risky

adjective

  1. attended with or involving risk; hazardous:

Origin of risky

First recorded in 1820-30; risk + -y1

Examples for risky

"That was a risky thing you did just then," he whispered to Betty.

It pleased her much to anticipate an end to a risky situation.

That, if you will excuse my saying so, seems to me rather too risky a venture.

"Too risky to scale that," Frank mused, as he noted the sharp-pointed palings.

His section on why he and his wife split—he essentially chose soccer over her—would be risky if its candor were not so refreshing.

Which is why some consider crossovers (a man who performs in both gay and straight adult movies) risky business.

This makes for an unusual, and risky, subject for a musical stage show – one with origins as a kind of citizen journalism project.

Lieut. Rodgers was convinced that this method was too risky and that some other must be devised.

Opinion polls up until this week suggested that, while it may have been a risky strategy, he was ultimately right.

Siding with Obama on anything, no matter how sensical, is a risky move for a would-be Republican presidential candidate.

Word Value for risky
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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