Definition of WISPY

wispy

Adjective Satellite

  • thin and weak; - Edmund Wilson
    • "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"
  • lacking clarity or distinctness
    • "a few wispy memories of childhood"

Adj

  • Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.

Adjective

  • Thin, delicate, or flimsy, like a wisp.

Examples

  • His WISPY lead vanished when his opponent dropped a bingo word for 50 points in Words With Friends.
  • The wispy smoke rose from chimneys all around town.

Origin / Etymology

From wisp + -y.

Synonyms

dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wisplike

Scrabble Score: 13

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

Words With Friends Score: 13

wispy: valid Words With Friends Word