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— English words —

• wry adj. Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
• wry adj. Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
• wry adj. Twisted, bent, crooked.
• wry adj. Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
• wry v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
• wry v. (Obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away.
• wry v. (Transitive) To twist or contort (The body, face, etc.).
• wry n. (Regional) Distortion.
• wry v. (Transitive, obsolete) To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.

— English word, defined in French —

• wry adj. Ironique.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• wry adj. Sardónico.

43 English words from 9 English definitions

away bent bitterly body cause cloak clothe contort contorted cover cover␣up crooked deviate Deviating direction Distortion divert Dryly etc face from hide humorous intransitive ironic misdirected obsolete out out␣of out␣of␣place place Regional right sardonic swerve the transitive turn turn␣away Turned Turned␣away twist Twisted

2 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Ironique Sardónico

21 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Wrye wryer Wryes wryly wryest wrying wrylie wrybill wrylies wryneck wryness wrytail wrythen wryting wrybills wrymouth wrynecks wrytings wrymouths wrynecked wrynesses

25 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Lawrys Mowrys Towrys Drewrys awryness Bodewryd dowrying Hawryluk dowryless Hawryluks McClowrys dowry␣death dowry␣deaths chowry-burdar chowry-burdars Eurasian␣wryneck Eurasian␣wrynecks Bronsted-Lowry␣acid Brønsted-Lowry␣acid Bronsted-Lowry␣base Brønsted-Lowry␣base Bronsted-Lowry␣acids Brønsted-Lowry␣acids Bronsted-Lowry␣bases Brønsted-Lowry␣bases

23 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

awry ewry cowry dowry Jewry Lawry lowry Lowry Mowry Newry Towry avowry chowry Drewry go␣awry advowry gewgawry McClowry outlawry antidowry money␣cowry reverse-dowry reverse␣dowry

17 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

awry ewry frwy. wary wery Wery wiry wray Wray Wrye wyer Wyer wyrd Wyrd wyre Wyre wyrm

11 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

RW -ry Ry. WR w****r wy WY Wy. yr yw YW

38 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

ary Ary -ary cry dry Dry DRY -ery e'ry fry Fry FRY gry -ory pry Pry sry Sry try Ury way Way 'way -way wey Wey why WRA WRC WRP WRs w****rs wrt WRT w/r/t w.r.t. wru WRU

7 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

-ry Ry. WR w****r wy WY Wy.

6 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

wary wery Wery wiry wray Wray

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