REEDY
What does "REEDY" mean?
Full of reeds, or having a thin, high tone like a reed instrument.
Meanings
- Full of or edged with reeds; marshy. They moored the canoe at the reedy edge of the lake.
- Of a sound or voice: thin, high, and somewhat piercing, like an oboe or reed pipe. The old man answered in a reedy, quavering voice.
- Tall and slender, like a reed. A reedy teenager folded himself into the small car. figurative
Word origin
From Old English 'hreod' ('reed', the marsh plant) plus the adjective suffix '-y'; cognate with Dutch 'riet' and German 'Ried'.
Remember it
REED + Y: a REED is thin, tall, and whistles in wind - 'reedy' carries all three.
A little poem
Reedy marsh at dusk-
the wind learns one thin high note
and plays it all night.
haiku
What it teaches
A thin sound and a thin stalk share a name for a reason: both bend without breaking.
Quick facts
What does REEDY mean?
Full of reeds, or having a thin, high tone like a reed instrument.
Is REEDY a valid word?
Yes — REEDY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is REEDY?
REEDY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does REEDY come from?
From Old English 'hreod' ('reed', the marsh plant) plus the adjective suffix '-y'; cognate with Dutch 'riet' and German 'Ried'.
What can REEDY teach us?
A thin sound and a thin stalk share a name for a reason: both bend without breaking.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.