Whimsy
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A playfully fanciful or capricious quality, notion, or piece of behaviour.
“The garden was full of whimsy, with stone foxes peering from behind every hedge.”
Pronunciation
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/ˈwɪmzi/
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WH opener, M in position three, ends in SY, both reasonably common closing letters
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Scrabble
M scores 3 and Y adds flexibility, a balanced six-letter play with decent tile values
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