SOOTY
What does "SOOTY" mean?
Covered with or resembling soot; black and grimy.
Meanings
- Covered in or stained by soot. The chimney sweep climbed down sooty from boots to collar.
- Of a dull, brownish-black colour like soot. A sooty haze hung over the smelting town all winter.
Did you know?
- Soot is not just dirt: black carbon from incomplete burning warms the planet by darkening snow and ice and absorbing sunlight, ranking among the top human-emitted warming agents after carbon dioxide.
Word origin
From Old English 'sotig', from 'sot' (soot), the fine black powder deposited by smoke, plus the adjectival suffix '-y'.
Remember it
SOOTY = SOOT + Y; the extra Y is the smudge it leaves on your finger.
A little poem
Sooty fingerprints-
the fire that warmed the cold house
signs every white wall.
haiku
Wordplay
- The chimney sweep was the cleanest worker in town: he took all the dirt with him and left nothing behind but a sooty handshake.
What it teaches
Whatever keeps you warm leaves a mark; the trick is choosing marks you can live with.
Quick facts
What does SOOTY mean?
Covered with or resembling soot; black and grimy.
Is SOOTY a valid word?
Yes — SOOTY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SOOTY?
SOOTY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SOOTY come from?
From Old English 'sotig', from 'sot' (soot), the fine black powder deposited by smoke, plus the adjectival suffix '-y'.
What can SOOTY teach us?
Whatever keeps you warm leaves a mark; the trick is choosing marks you can live with.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.