Definition of WONKY

wonky

Adjective Satellite

  • turned or twisted toward one side; - G.K.Chesterton
  • inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
    • "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"

Adj

  • Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
  • Feeble, shaky or rickety.
  • Suffering from intermittent bugs.
  • Generally incorrect.
  • Technically worded, in the style of jargon.

Noun

  • A subgenre of electronic music employing unstable rhythms, complex time signatures, and mid-range synths.

Adjective

  • Crooked, off-center, or unstable; not straight.

Examples

  • His strategy felt WONKY, but it unexpectedly led to a high-scoring word in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From English dialectal wanky, alteration of Middle English wankel (“unstable, shaky”), from Old English wancol (“unstable”), from Proto-West Germanic *wankul (“swaying, shaky, unstable”).

Scrabble Score: 15

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

Words With Friends Score: 15

wonky: valid Words With Friends Word