plucky

plucky is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.
2. adjective. marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited-Judith Crist

   "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"

   "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"

   Synonyms: gutsy

3. adjective. showing courage

   "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"

   Synonyms: feisty, spunky

Synonyms

gutsy, feisty, spunky

Common word forms

pluckier, pluckily, pluckiest

Words from these letters

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