sleight

Meanings

Plural: sleights

Noun

adroitness in using the hands
Cunning; craft; artful practice.
An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English sleighte, sleyght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sly and slöjd/sloyd.

Synonyms

dexterity, manual dexterity

Scrabble Score: 11

sleight is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sleight is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sleight is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

sleight is a valid Words With Friends word