shadowy
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- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/ˈʃæd.oʊ.i/
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/ˈʃæd.oʊ.i/ · /ˈʃæd.əʊ.i/
Definition of shadowy
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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In shadow; darkened by shadows.
“He sat in a shadowy corner.”
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adj
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In shadow; darkened by shadows.
“He sat in a shadowy corner.”
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Dark, obscure.
“He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.”
“But the most frequent guests were as New York magazine put it, “Arab princes, Third World officials, and shadowy European and American businessmen.”
- (figuratively)Vague, dim, unclear, faint.
- (dated, rare)Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English schadwy, schadowy, equivalent to shadow + -y.
Words you can make from shadowy
120 playable · top: WHYDAS (16 pts)
Best play whydas 16 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
12 words4-letter words
41 words- WHYS 13 pts
- DHOW 11 pts
- WADY 11 pts
- YODH 11 pts
- AHOY 10 pts
- ASHY 10 pts
- HAWS 10 pts
- HAYS 10 pts
- HOWS 10 pts
- HOYA 10 pts
- HOYS 10 pts
- SHAW 10 pts
- SHAY 10 pts
- SHOW 10 pts
- SHWA 10 pts
- SWAY 10 pts
- WASH 10 pts
- WAYS 10 pts
- WHOA 10 pts
- YAWS 10 pts
- YOWS 10 pts
- DAHS 8 pts
- DASH 8 pts
- DAWS 8 pts
- DAYS 8 pts
- DOHS 8 pts
- DOSH 8 pts
- DOWS 8 pts
- HODS 8 pts
- ODAH 8 pts
- SHAD 8 pts
- SHOD 8 pts
- WADS 8 pts
- WOAD 8 pts
- YODS 8 pts
- HAOS 7 pts
- SOYA 7 pts
- ADOS 5 pts
- DOSA 5 pts
- ODAS 5 pts
- SODA 5 pts
3-letter words
46 words- WHY 12 pts
- HAW 9 pts
- HAY 9 pts
- HOW 9 pts
- HOY 9 pts
- SHY 9 pts
- WAY 9 pts
- WHA 9 pts
- WHO 9 pts
- YAH 9 pts
- YAW 9 pts
- YOW 9 pts
- DAH 7 pts
- DAW 7 pts
- DAY 7 pts
- DOH 7 pts
- DOW 7 pts
- HAD 7 pts
- HOD 7 pts
- WAD 7 pts
- YOD 7 pts
- AHS 6 pts
- ASH 6 pts
- AYS 6 pts
- HAO 6 pts
- HAS 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- SAW 6 pts
- SAY 6 pts
- SHA 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- SOW 6 pts
- SOY 6 pts
- WAS 6 pts
- WOS 6 pts
- YAS 6 pts
- ADO 4 pts
- ADS 4 pts
- DAS 4 pts
- DOS 4 pts
- ODA 4 pts
- ODS 4 pts
- SAD 4 pts
- SOD 4 pts
2-letter words
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