Definitions for brainy

brainy brain·y

Spelling: [brey-nee]
IPA: /ˈbreɪ ni/

Brainy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in brainy (abinry).

Definitions for brainy

adjective

  1. intelligent; clever; intellectual.

Origin of brainy

First recorded in 1835-45; brain + -y1

Examples for brainy

It was a brainy speech, straight from the shoulder, and it got to everybody in that crowd.

“I was the Hermione,” she said, referring to the brainy Harry Potter character.

They posted sensationalistic stories online, with headlines like “brainy Ex-Model Suing Google.”

Why is it that the brainy girl invariably has straight hair?

She'll think it so brainy of me and be so glad I'm interested in the subject.

After still one more failed engagement, Day married Esther Milnes, a brainy heiress who was utterly enchanted with his ideas.

Beautiful, brainy, and bossy—on the surface, Gu Kailai was a new breed of Politburo wife.

This will rightfully be marketed as a thriller, but it belongs among the brainy examples of the genre, like those by Robert Stone.

We're a brainy lot of lads, and I'm the brainiest of the lot!

“Try and find me brainy,” he whispered to her, as soon as Flossie was out of earshot.

Word Value for brainy
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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