ROOMY
What does "ROOMY" mean?
Having plenty of room; spacious.
Meanings
- Offering ample space; not cramped. The hatchback is surprisingly roomy in the back seat.
Did you know?
- The root of 'roomy', Old English 'rum', was itself an adjective meaning 'spacious' - so 'roomy' is essentially the word doubling back to describe the very quality it once carried alone.
Word origin
Formed in English by adding the adjectival suffix '-y' to 'room', from Old English 'rum' (space, extent).
Remember it
ROOMY has a double O in the middle - two round empty letters, like the open space the word describes.
A little poem
Empty house at dusk-
every echo has somewhere
it can go to rest.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is the word 'roomy' so comfortable? It's got room to spare - two whole O's just sitting around.
What it teaches
Space is not emptiness wasted but room kept open - what you leave unfilled is what lets things breathe.
Quick facts
What does ROOMY mean?
Having plenty of room; spacious.
Is ROOMY a valid word?
Yes — ROOMY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ROOMY?
ROOMY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ROOMY come from?
Formed in English by adding the adjectival suffix '-y' to 'room', from Old English 'rum' (space, extent).
What can ROOMY teach us?
Space is not emptiness wasted but room kept open - what you leave unfilled is what lets things breathe.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.