DICEY
What does "DICEY" mean?
Risky, uncertain, or unpredictable; likely to go wrong.
Meanings
- Involving risk or unpredictability; not safe or certain. Driving over that old bridge in the storm felt a bit dicey. informal
Word origin
An informal 20th-century English coinage from 'dice', the plural of 'die', evoking the gamble of a throw; first recorded around the 1940s.
Remember it
DICEY = like rolling DICE; the outcome is left to chance.
A little poem
The plan was sound on paper, clean and dry-
but every road worth taking turns out dicey.
couplet
Wordplay
- I asked the gambler if his shortcut was safe. He said it was a bit dicey - then he wasn't kidding.
What it teaches
Call a risk by its name before you take it; 'dicey' is honest in a way 'fine' never is.
Quick facts
What does DICEY mean?
Risky, uncertain, or unpredictable; likely to go wrong.
Is DICEY a valid word?
Yes — DICEY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DICEY?
DICEY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DICEY come from?
An informal 20th-century English coinage from 'dice', the plural of 'die', evoking the gamble of a throw; first recorded around the 1940s.
What can DICEY teach us?
Call a risk by its name before you take it; 'dicey' is honest in a way 'fine' never is.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.