SNOWY
What does "SNOWY" mean?
Covered with snow, or full of falling snow.
Meanings
- Covered with, abounding in, or characterized by snow. They drove carefully along the snowy mountain road.
- Pure white, like snow. The old man stroked his snowy beard. figurative
Word origin
From Old English 'snāwig', from 'snāw' (snow) plus the adjective-forming suffix '-ig' (-y), of common Germanic origin.
Remember it
SNOWY = SNOW + Y: just add a 'y' to the cold stuff and the whole landscape is buried.
A little poem
Field under white sleep-
every fencepost wears a hat
no one chose for it.
haiku
Wordplay
- What do you call a forecast you can't trust in winter? A snowy maybe.
What it teaches
Snow flatters everything it covers; beauty is sometimes only what hides the ground beneath.
Quick facts
What does SNOWY mean?
Covered with snow, or full of falling snow.
Is SNOWY a valid word?
Yes — SNOWY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SNOWY?
SNOWY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SNOWY come from?
From Old English 'snāwig', from 'snāw' (snow) plus the adjective-forming suffix '-ig' (-y), of common Germanic origin.
What can SNOWY teach us?
Snow flatters everything it covers; beauty is sometimes only what hides the ground beneath.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.