mossy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈmɒsi/
See all 3 pronunciations
/ˈmɒsi/ · /ˈmɔsi/(US) · /ˈmɑsi/(US)

Definition of mossy

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Covered in or overgrown with moss.
    “The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […]”
    “A Violet by a mossy stone / Half-hidden from the Eye! / —Fair, as a star when only one / Is shining in the sky!”
    “Two particularly attractive cottages, roofed with mossy and lichened slates, stand at the churchyard's eastern gate, looking up a long avenue of yew trees.”
See all 2 definitions

adj

  1. Covered in or overgrown with moss.
    “The moſſy pales that ſkirt the orchard-green, / Here hid by ſhrub-vvood, there by glimpſes ſeen; […]”
    “A Violet by a mossy stone / Half-hidden from the Eye! / —Fair, as a star when only one / Is shining in the sky!”
    “Two particularly attractive cottages, roofed with mossy and lichened slates, stand at the churchyard's eastern gate, looking up a long avenue of yew trees.”

noun

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, alt-of, alternative, colloquial)Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”).

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y.

Find your best play with mossy

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes mossy, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.