dewey

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈduːi/(US)

Definition of dewey

18 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname from Old French.
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name

  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1890s American usage.
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adj

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of dewy.
    “115 lbs. of green, dewey grass”
    “For Memnon was that dewey, royal boy, son of Aurora, and born King of Egypt, who, with enthusiastic rashness flinging himself on another’s account into a rightful quarrel, fought hand to hand with his overmatch, and met his boyish and most dolorous death beneath the walls of Troy.”

noun

  1. (US, humorous, slang, uncommon)A charge of DUI.

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Etymology

Possibly from a place name in Northern France, Douai. Welsh origin from Dewi (David) has also been suggested.

Anagrams of dewey

2 plays · some not in Scrabble

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