10 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
noun the quality of being a slippery rascal
noun the quality of being changeable in direction
originEtymology tree English shifty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English shiftiness From shifty + -ness.
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