Definition of wary

"wary" in the adjective sense

1. wary

marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

"they were wary in their movements"

"a wary glance at the black clouds"

"taught to be wary of strangers"

2. leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary

openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

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Quotations for wary

Wary is the word. [ Proverb ]

As wary as a blind horse. [ Proverb ]

Thy credit wary keep, 'tis quickly gone;
Being got by many actions, lost by one. [ Randolph ]

But now so wise and wary was the knight
By trial of his former harms and cares,
That he descry'd and shunned still his slight;
The fish, that once was caught, new bait will hardly bite. [ Spenser ]

He is so wary that he sleeps like a hare, with his eyes open. [ Proverb ]

Those people who are always improving never become great Greatness is an eminence, the ascent to which is steep and lofty, and which a man must seize on at once by natural boldness and vigor, and not by patient, wary steps. [ Hazlitt ]

wary in Scrabble®

The word wary is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters wary:

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wary in Words With Friends™

The word wary is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters wary:

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Words within the letters of wary

2 letter words in wary (3 words)

3 letter words in wary (7 words)

4 letter words in wary (Anagrams) (2 words)

wary + 1 blank (2 words)

Words containing the sequence wary

Words that start with wary (1 word)

Words with wary in them (1 word)

Words that end with wary (3 words)

Word Growth involving wary

Shorter words in wary

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Longer words containing wary

cassowary

unwary