Words Ending -WISE

23 total entries across 2 section(s)

Note: this list is built from spelling, not meaning. Some words here end with the right letters but do not really use the suffix in its usual sense. They are included on purpose: for Scrabble we suggest learning the suffix as a letter pattern rather than learning the meanings.

7-Letter Words Ending with -WISE (8 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
P	AIRWISE	—	[a.] · skillful in aviation
—	ANYWISE	—	[b.] · in any way / [x] { anyway anyways anywise }
—	BITWISE	—	[a.] · denoting an operator in a computer program that deals with bits
B	ENDWISE	—	[b.] · lengthwise / [x] { endways endwise }
—	FANWISE	—	[a.] · spread out like an open fan
—	MANWISE	—	[b.] · in a manner characteristic of man
—	SUNWISE	—	[b.] · from left to right
—	TAXWISE	—	[a.] · pertaining to taxes

8-Letter Words Ending with -WISE (15 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	BENDWISE	—	[b.] · diagonally / [x] { bendways bendwise }
—	CRABWISE	—	[b.] · sideways
—	EDGEWISE	—	[b.] · sideways / [x] { edgeways edgewise § edgeways edgewise }
—	FESSWISE	—	[b.] · horizontally
—	FLATWISE	—	[b.] · with the flat side in a particular position / [x] { flatways flatwise }
—	LIKEWISE	—	[b.] · in a similar manner
—	LONGWISE	—	[b.] · lengthwise / [x] { longways longwise }
—	OVERWISE	—	[a.] · too wise
—	PAIRWISE	—	[b.] · in sets of two
—	PALEWISE	—	[b.] · vertically / [x] { paleways palewise }
—	SIDEWISE	—	[b.] · sideways / [x] { sideward sidewards sideway sideways sidewise }
—	SOMEWISE	—	[b.] · somehow / [x] { somehow someway someways somewise }
—	STEPWISE	—	[a.] · marked by a gradual progression
—	WARPWISE	—	[b.] · in a vertical direction
—	WEFTWISE	—	[b.] · in a horizontal direction