Definitions for whiskey

whiskey whis·key

Spelling: [hwis-kee, wis-]
IPA: /ˈʰwɪs ki, ˈwɪs-/

Whiskey is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in whiskey (ehikswy).

Definitions for whiskey

noun

  1. an alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, rye, or corn, and usually containing from 43 to 50 percent alcohol.
  2. a drink of whiskey.
  3. a word used in communications to represent the letter W.

adjective

  1. made of, relating to, or resembling whiskey.

Origin of whiskey

1705-15; short for whiskybae Irish uisce beatha or Scots Gaelic uisge beatha, ultimately translation of Medieval Latin aqua vitae literally, water of life; cf. usqu

Examples for whiskey

For Nick Offerman, of Parks and Recreation, the one is a thing: whiskey.

The whiskey was going round, and the lads were a little flushed.

His keepers fed the beast copious amounts of port, Champagne, and whiskey to pacify the persnickety pachyderm.

As Peled puts it, “The whiskey bottle is still on the table and people are drunk.”

But there is no shortage of great American whiskey on the market.

The lights were put out, and then the two officers capsized the whiskey.

It seems like everyone wants to own Pappy Van Winkle whiskey…but is it worth it?

Father, then here's all you done for me, by your lies and your whiskey!

Why have they not forbidden the sale of whiskey in all saloons?

Then Luke Shanders 'lowed he was cold, and asked if I had a drap o' whiskey.

Word Value for whiskey
Scrable

20

Words with friends

18

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