Definition of WILINESS

wiliness

Plural: wilinesses

Noun

  • The quality of being wily; craftiness or cunning.
  • shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  • deceitful cleverness or shrewdness

Examples

  • Her wiliness in exploiting triple-word squares was legendary in their Scrabble club.

Origin / Etymology

From wily + -ness.

Scrabble Score: 11

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

Words With Friends Score: 13

wiliness: valid Words With Friends Word