Definition of GUILEFUL

guileful

Adjective Satellite

  • marked by skill in deception

Adj

  • Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.

Adjective

  • Full of guile; cunning, deceitful, or tricky.

Examples

  • Her GUILEFUL strategy involved blocking all the prime scoring spots on the board.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English gileful, gilful, equivalent to guile + -ful.

Scrabble Score: 12

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

Words With Friends Score: 17

guileful: valid Words With Friends Word