sultry

sultry is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 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 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.
2. superlative. Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.
3. adjective. characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

   "the summer was sultry and oppressive"

   "the stifling atmosphere"

   Synonyms: stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous

4. adjective. sexually exciting or gratifying

   "sensual excesses"

   "a sultry look"

   Synonyms: sensual

Synonyms

stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous, sensual

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sultry:

rustly

Common word forms

sultrier, sultrily, sultriest

Words from these letters

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