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Spelling: [wahyuh rd]

IPA: /waɪərd/

Wired is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in wired (deirw).

Definitions for wired

noun

1. a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
2. such pieces as a material.
3. a length of such material, consisting either of a single filament or of several filaments woven or twisted together and usually insulated with a dielectric material, used as a conductor of electricity.
4. a cross wire or a cross hair.
5. a barbed-wire fence.
6. a long wire or cable used in cable, telegraph, or telephone systems.
7. Nautical. a wire rope.
8. Informal. a telegram. the telegraphic system:
9. wires, a system of wires by which puppets are moved.
10. a metallic string of a musical instrument.
11. Underworld Slang. the member of a pickpocket team who picks the victim's pocket. Compare stall2 (def 5).
12. Horse Racing. a wire stretched across and above the track at the finish line, under which the horses pass.
13. Ornithology. one of the extremely long, slender, wirelike filaments or shafts of the plumage of various birds.
14. a metal device for snaring rabbits and other small game.
15. Papermaking. the woven wire mesh over which the wet pulp is spread in a papermaking machine.
16. the wire, the telephone:

Idioms

1. down to the wire, to the very last moment or the very end, as in a race or competition:
2. pull wires, Informal. to use one's position or influence to obtain a desired result:
3. under the wire, just within the limit or deadline; scarcely; barely:

adjective

1. equipped with wires, as for electricity or telephone service.
2. made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires:
3. tied or secured with wires:
4. strengthened or supported with wires:
5. Slang. tense with excitement or anticipation; edgy.
6. equipped so as to receive cable television.
7. connected electronically to one or more computer networks.
8. made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires.
9. resembling wire; wirelike.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish with wires.
2. to install an electric system of wiring in, as for lighting.
3. to fasten or bind with wire:
4. to put on a wire, as beads.
5. to send by telegraph, as a message:
6. to send a telegraphic message to:
7. to snare by means of a wire.
8. to equip with a hidden electronic device, as an eavesdropping device or an explosive.
9. to connect (a receiver, area, or building) to a television cable and other equipment so that cable television programs may be received.
10. Informal. to be closely connected or involved with:
11. Informal. to prepare, equip, fix, or arrange to suit needs or goals:
12. Croquet. to block (a ball) by placing it behind the wire of an arch.

verb (used without object)

1. to send a telegraphic message; telegraph:

Origin of wired

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425; See origin at wire, -ed³

Examples for wired

Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.

Wireless was cheaper than wired communications, and cell phones were proliferating.

Soon's Mrs. Peabody wired you was goin' to ride, me and Ase started to meet you.

Among my other activities, I wired the parlor for electric light.

In 2012, wired magazine dubbed Quds Force leader Qassem Suleimani the most dangerous person on the planet.

He wired a few reports back to headquarters and departed soon after.

I wired the news to the papers in Shoshone, so he must know.

In reply to the telegram, Jimmy wired that he would be at the hotel at nine o'clock.

No law or even revolution in police tactics can fully curb the rising expectations that come with a wired world.

Well, I gathered from the fact that you wired me to come home that you wanted my advice.