Definitions for white-lie

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White-Lie is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in white-lie (-eehiiltw).

Definitions for white-lie

noun

  1. a minor, polite, or harmless lie; fib.

Examples for white-lie

He forgave her for what he was pleased to call, in his mind, the white lie of her comfort.

She could not bring herself to speak a lie to him, not even a white lie!

So he invented a white lie, and 88 nobody questioned it because of his uniform.

This was a white lie, but he considered it admissible in his friend's behalf.

If the white lie ceases in married life, the couple drifts apart.

What is the harm of such a white lie as that would have been?

A white lie today, tomorrow a blacker one, each leading to another.

"I beg pardon, Captain," he said, to which he added a white lie.

The Jesuits, say their opponents, teach that at times a "white lie" is permissible.

She felt that Maud's curiosity was such that it justified a white lie.

Word Value for white-lie
Scrable

11

Words with friends

10

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