Definitions for mottled

mottled mot·tled

Spelling: [mot-ld]
IPA: /ˈmɒt ld/

Mottled is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in mottled (delmott).

Definitions for mottled

noun

  1. a diversifying spot or blotch of color.
  2. mottled coloring or pattern.

adjective

  1. spotted or blotched in coloring.

verb (used with object)

  1. to mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade.

Origin of mottled

First recorded in 1670-80; mottle + -ed2

Examples for mottled

He looked kind of mottled and anguished, but I guess he'll pull around all right.

The under shell is yellow and the upper shell is bordered with mottled red.

My first vision over the parapet revealed but a mottled grey.

The mottled, orange-green stalks, as he watched them, seemed to move.

His hair was yellowish, mottled with patches of grayish green.

This genus is so called from the mottled appearance of the gills.

The mottled appearance of the gills is due to the falling of the black spores.

The skin on my face and arms took on a mottled, yellowish appearance, like an old newspaper left out in the sun.

To many of those white-haired and mottled men, the ambassador's six-minute apology and the invitation to visit Japan were insults.

The rich, mottled tones with which he crafted his portraits are less about creating mood than about rendering pure physicality.

Word Value for mottled
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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