fishy

Plural: fishies

Adjective

Resembling fish; also, suspicious or questionable.
of or relating to or resembling fish
- "the soup had a fishy smell"

Adjective Satellite

not as expected
- "there was something fishy about the accident"

Adj

Of, from, or similar to fish.
Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
Of a drag queen or a trans woman: appearing very feminine and resembling a cisgender woman.

Noun

Diminutive of fish.

Examples

I don't trust him; his claims seem fishy to me.
That last play, "QWERT", looked extremely FISHY, prompting a dictionary check.
What is that fishy odor?

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English fishi, fischey, equivalent to fish + -y.

Synonyms

funny, shady, suspect, suspicious, dicey, dodgy, dubious, fishen, fishlike, fishly, fishy, fishy wishy, ichthyic, iffy, piscine, questionable, shonky, sketchy

Scrabble Score: 14

fishy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fishy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fishy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

fishy: valid Words With Friends Word