GRIMY
What does "GRIMY" mean?
Covered with or characterized by ingrained dirt or soot.
Meanings
- Coated with grime; covered in deeply embedded dirt. He wiped his grimy hands on his overalls.
Word origin
Formed by adding the adjective suffix '-y' to 'grime', which came from Middle Dutch or Low German 'grīme' (soot, smudge).
Remember it
GRIMY = GRIM + Y; if it's grimy, you grimace.
A little poem
The window keeps a film of city breath-
you clean one pane and meet your own face beneath.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why was the coal miner the wittiest? He always had a grimy sense of humor.
What it teaches
What we call grimy is often just honest evidence of work that someone actually did.
Quick facts
What does GRIMY mean?
Covered with or characterized by ingrained dirt or soot.
Is GRIMY a valid word?
Yes — GRIMY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GRIMY?
GRIMY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does GRIMY come from?
Formed by adding the adjective suffix '-y' to 'grime', which came from Middle Dutch or Low German 'grīme' (soot, smudge).
What can GRIMY teach us?
What we call grimy is often just honest evidence of work that someone actually did.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.