wry

Adjective Satellite

humorously sarcastic or mocking
- "with a wry Scottish wit"
bent to one side
- "a wry neck"

Adj

Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
Twisted, bent, crooked.
Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.

Verb

Verb Forms: wried, wrying, wries

To twist or contort something, especially the face.
To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
To divert; to cause to turn away.
To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.

Noun

Distortion.

Adjective

Produced by a distortion or twist; dryly humorous.

Examples

He gave a wry smile as his opponent challenged his perfectly valid, albeit obscure, word.
He’d often wry his mouth in concentration while trying to find a high-scoring word.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English wrien, from Old English wrīġian (“to go, turn, twist, bend, strive, struggle, press forward, endeavor, venture”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Compare awry, wriggle.

Synonyms

dry, ironic, ironical

Scrabble Score: 9

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

Words With Friends Score: 8

wry: valid Words With Friends Word