wis
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Is wis a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of wis?
Definition
adv (English)
1. (rare, obsolete or dialectal) Certainly, surely.Examples: "So I wis would the Dragon under him […]"dialectalobsoleterare
2. (rare, obsolete or dialectal) Really, truly.dialectalobsoleterare
3. (rare, obsolete or dialectal) Indeed.Examples: "As wis God help me."dialectalobsoleterare
adj (English)
1. (rare, obsolete or dialectal) Certain.dialectalobsoleterare
2. (rare, obsolete or dialectal) Sure.Examples: "He was wis on his word."; "I am wis that it will happen."dialectalobsoleterare
verb (English)
1. (obsolete or archaic) To know.Examples: ""The fire seven times tried this: / Seven times tried that judgement is, / That did never choose amiss. / Some there be that shadows kiss: / Such have but a shadow's bliss. / There be fools alive, I wis, / Silver'd o'er; and so was this. / I will ever be your head: / So be gone: you are sped.""archaicno-pastno-present-participleobsolete
2. (obsolete or archaic) To think, suppose.Examples: "Howe'er you wis."archaicno-pastno-present-participleobsolete
3. (obsolete or archaic) To imagine, ween; to deem.Examples: "And oh, that I should see that star remote / Yet His near Glory miss / Whereto the sun itself and stars do float / As motes, I wis!"; "As sure as Heaven shall rescue me, / I have no thought what men they be; / Nor do I know how long it is / (For I have lain in fits, I wis) […]"archaicno-pastno-present-participleobsolete
noun (English)
1. (roleplaying games) Abbreviation of wisdom point.abbreviationalt-ofuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary