9 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
adverb at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction
originEtymology tree English slant Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English slantwise From slant + -wise.
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