musty

musty is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 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 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books.
2. noun. Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
3. noun. Dull; heavy; spiritless.
4. adjective. stale and unclean smelling

   Synonyms: frowsty, fusty

5. adjective. covered with or smelling of mold

   "moldy bread"

   "a moldy (or musty) odor"

   Synonyms: moldy, mouldy

Synonyms

frowsty, fusty, moldy, mouldy

Common word forms

mustier, musties, mustily, mustiest

Words from these letters

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