Fey (5 letters)

{ Answer }

ELFIN

{ Related Clues }

Impish
Leprechaunlike
Mischievous
Pixieish
Pixyish
Puckish
Spritelike
Wee
Like a leprechaun
Like a pixie
Pixie-esque
Pixie-sized
Puckish or dwarfish
Short and sweet?
Like Keebler workers
Like Santa's helpers

{ Tags }

elfin, fairylike, fey, helpers, impish, keebler, like, ly, mischievous, pixie, pixieish, pixyish, puckish, santas, seasonal, some, sprite, spritelike, sylphish, tiny, workers

{ Notes }

The answer ELFIN is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ELFIN as an adjective:

1. (elfin, fey) = suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown

2. (elfin, elflike) = small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small"

3. relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; "elfin bells"; "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance"

4. (elfin, elfish, elvish) = usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks"