scrubby

scrubby is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur.
2. adjective. inferior in size or quality

   "scrawny cattle"

   "scrubby cut-over pine"

   Synonyms: scrawny, stunted

3. adjective. sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush

   "open scrubby woods"

   Synonyms: scrabbly

Synonyms

scrawny, stunted, scrabbly

Common word forms

scrubbier, scrubbily, scrubbiest

Words from these letters

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