If you were to write this word, which spelling would you use?

[whatausername]

Wacky or whacky?

Actually, I might regret this thread...these things can spiral quickly

Wacky as in crazy, whacky makes me think of the verb to whack

Wacky for Wordle but normally whacky. But I understand both spellings are accepable.

First option.

I'd go for the second.

I would write whacky although I think both spellings are correct.

Wacky

Wacky

Wacky. To whack is to hit something.

Wacky

If hitting someone with a wet fish I'd say fish is 'whacky'.

If referencing zany, I'm crazy me, type antics I'd say 'wacky'

Wacky

Wacky (as in wild and wacky)

Whacky makes me think of whacking something (or somebody)!

Definitely wacky

Crazy? That's wacky.

Have never seen whack used as an adjective, whacky's not a word. Whack is to hit

Wacky as in “Wacky Races”.

It is indeed a word. Just one you yourself do not use or that, more generally, is not seen as much these days

If it's a word, then it's obsolete.

You know wacky is the preferred spelling, use wacky

Whacky

For me:

Wacky = zany, eccentric
Whacky = if anything, an adjective based on verb "whack" - i.e. to hit something

This has been boiling my pedantic piss for at least two decades, since someone wrote ‘whacky’ in my leavers’ book.

Wacky is the correct spelling. Whacky is a misspelling.

Wacky, never whacky.

I am Irish and pronounce the H in words like what, where, when, whack.

Whacky would be all wrong.

I suspect it's a misspelling based on the mistaken idea that the word is related to whack.

Wacky baccy

Wacky. I don't think that whacky is a word, either.

I don't know when the word was first used but I think that that whacky was how it was sometimes spelled initially, due to “whack” being an already existing word, but it isn't related and it's awkward.