wile

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice

   He was seduced by her wiles.

2. verb To entice or lure.
3. verb Misspelling of while (“to pass the time”).

   Here's a pleasant way to wile away the hours.

Similar words

guile chicanery trickery shenanigan subterfuge artifice cunning endearing stratagem brain trick

Often followed by

away and of to the in or i chile

Word family

wiled wiles wiling