husky

husky is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Abounding with husks; consisting of husks. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
2. adjective. Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.
3. noun. breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
4. adjective. deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion- Virgil Thomson

   "gruff voices"

   "the dog's gruff barking"

   Synonyms: gruff, hoarse

5. adjective. muscular and heavily built

   "a beefy wrestler"

   "had a tall burly frame"

   Synonyms: beefy, buirdly, burly, strapping

Synonyms

gruff, hoarse, beefy, buirdly, burly, strapping

Common word forms

huskier, huskies, huskily, huskiest

Words from these letters

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