Definitions for haywire

haywire hay·wire

Spelling: [hey-wahyuh r]
IPA: /ˈheɪˌwaɪər/

Haywire is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in haywire (aehirwy).

Definitions for haywire

noun

  1. wire used to bind bales of hay.

adjective

  1. in disorder:
  2. out of control; disordered; crazy:

Origin of haywire

First recorded in 1900-05; hay + wire

Examples for haywire

The debate about entitlements has been haywire in Washington for years.

haywire instruments jerked the machine back down and then side to side, then into a tree trunk, blindly.

However, they might just as well have tried to pick off a haywire comet rushing down at them.

"Our haywire battery connections are gone," shouted McCready.

"Right on course, unless those instruments are haywire, which of course they're not," he murmured.

Horses with patched civilian harness gave the transport the appearance of a "haywire outfit."

His latest film, haywire, features a world-famous martial-arts fighter (29-year-old Gina Carano) as a spy on the run.

It seems their equipment has been haywire for two days, they haven't been able to get through.

Word Value for haywire
Scrable

16

Words with friends

14

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