Definitions For Amiss

adjective

  • Not functioning properly

adverb

  • In an imperfect or faulty way
  • In an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner
  • Away from the correct or expected course

verb

  • In the wrong way

Is Amiss a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
8

The word Amiss is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Amiss in a Sentence

  • I hope that my suggestion that you might be more comfortable in a larger chair was not taken amiss.
  • The reenactment of the Wright Brothers' first flight went amiss when the wind died on the makeshift runway and the plane stopped short in a mud puddle
  • Some of his assumptions are amiss.
  • The doctor's examination showed that nothing was amiss.

Synonyms for Amiss

Antonyms for Amiss

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