Definitions for wiry

wiry wir·y

Spelling: [wahyuh r-ee]
IPA: /ˈwaɪər i/

Wiry is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 17 anagrams from letters in wiry (irwy).

Definitions for wiry

adjective

  1. made of wire.
  2. in the form of wire.
  3. resembling wire, as in form, stiffness, etc.:
  4. lean and sinew:
  5. produced by or resembling the sound of a vibrating wire:

Origin of wiry

First recorded in 1580-90; wire + -y1

Examples for wiry

Models came down the runway in head pieces fashioned into twisted, wiry wigs in subtle winter colors.

She was a wiry woman, a mass of muscles animated by an eager energy.

wiry and more grey man than charismatic, Votel is known for his no-nonsense, rather closed demeanor.

Some were mounted; some led by the rein, wiry little bronchos.

Though still slight of build I was wiry, high-strung and quick of movement.

My prom date, Red, sported a wiry mustache and drove a black-and-gold Camaro.

He was wiry, crisp, and clean and lean, his mind as sharp as ever.

In the small living room where we last met, he seemed more gaunt than wiry, his ear bandaged after a biopsy.

He is a man of a slim, but wiry figure, about five feet ten inches in height.

A wiry, sharp-faced man he was, with a birth-mark upon his temple.

Word Value for wiry
Scrable

10

Words with friends

9

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