Definitions for fishy

fishy fish·y

Spelling: [fish-ee]
IPA: /ˈfɪʃ i/

Fishy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in fishy (fhisy).

Definitions for fishy

adjective

  1. like a fish in shape, smell, taste, or the like.
  2. consisting of fish.
  3. abounding in fish.
  4. Informal. improbable, as a story; unlikely.
  5. Informal. of questionable character; suspicious:
  6. dull and expressionless:

Origin of fishy

First recorded in 1540-50; fish + -y1

Examples for fishy

I followed them up a scale-strewn, fishy incline that led to the cannery.

Plus, as a politician he knows how fishy this heart mumbo jumbo looks.

"This has a fishy look to me, Hiram," said Clancy, after reading the letter.

Not on your life; it was the slippery-looking cove with fishy eyes.

Enemies said it was because we were flat, fishy, and rather expensive.

Not at all despised by the people of Cornwall in "fishy pie."

And the manner in which these reductions are to be achieved is fishy right from the start.

Avoid 'fishy' mouths, too wide for their (the vases') hight.

Footman brings me a young crocodile: fishy but very palatable.

What could have tempted her to play the part of a fishy thing?

Word Value for fishy
Scrable

14

Words with friends

12

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