ropy

ropy is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.
2. adjective. (British informal) very poor in quality

   "ropey food"

   "a ropey performance"

   Synonyms: ropey

3. adjective. forming viscous or glutinous threads

   Synonyms: ropey, stringy, thready

4. adjective. of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong

   Synonyms: ropey

Synonyms

ropey, stringy, thready

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ropy:

pory, pyro

Common word forms

ropier, ropily, ropiest

Words from these letters

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