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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wileful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wile-ful
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

artful, wily, deceitful.

Etymology

From wile + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more wileful (comparative) most wileful (superlative)

Questions

What does wileful mean?
artful, wily, deceitful.
Where does wileful come from?
From wile + -ful.

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