- Types Of Speech
- You can use canny as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Canny
- A 2 syllables adjective satellite and 5 letters with the letters a, c, n, and y, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter n. Canny starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, ca, can, cann, and the ending characters are y, ny, nny, anny, . Canny is also a double consonant (nn) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Canny is set as a sat word that starts with c, ends with y, 2 syllables, 1 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is canny a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Canny in Pig Latin is said as "annycay or annycway".
- Unigram
- c | a | n | n | y
- Bigram
- ca | an | nn | ny
- Trigram
- can | ann | nny
- Quadrigram
- cann | anny
- Word Gram
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acute | a mark ('') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
| Acute Accent | |
| Adroit | quick or skillful or adept in action or thought "an exceptionally adroit pianist" "an adroit technician" "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers" "an adroit negotiator" |
| Advertent | giving attention |
| Ague | a mark ('') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
| Ambidextrous | marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill "a double-dealing double agent" "a double-faced infernal traitor and |
| Arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it |
| Artful | marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft "the artful dodger" "an artful choice of metaphors" |
| Astute | marked by practical hardheaded intelligence "a smart businessman" "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease" "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow" |
| Aware | aware or knowing "a witting tool of the Communists" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Canny
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nancy | a city in northeastern France in Lorraine |
| Canny | showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others "a cagey lawyer" "too clever to be sound" |
View English words with the unique letters used in canny. Words With The Letters Acny
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Smart | a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyan (4 letters) | 9 | 10 | cyan | ||
| Nancy (5 letters) | 10 | 12 | nancy | ||
| Canny (5 letters) | 10 | 12 | nancy |
Canny Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters

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