Definitions for ratty

ratty rat·ty

Spelling: [rat-ee]
IPA: /ˈræt i/

Ratty is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in ratty (artty).

Definitions for ratty

adjective

  1. full of rats.
  2. of or characteristic of a rat.
  3. wretched; shabby:
  4. Slang. irritable or angry; bad-tempered; nasty:

Origin of ratty

First recorded in 1860-65; rat + -y1

Examples for ratty

The Badger laughed good-humouredly and said, 'All right, ratty!

I'm frightfully hungry, and I've got any amount to say to ratty here.

Dare say he'd be ratty, but then, think of how he's helping.

"You really needn't fret, ratty," added the Badger placidly.

But, then, Dallam was a ratty soul and was for deserting a sinking ship.

He may look kind of—of ratty, but all the same he's got rich relations.

Muskrats I had no sympathy for, they looked so ratty, and had so unpleasant a smell.

Of course I know that you're ratty at my talking about it at all, although you pretend not to be.

At last a feeble voice replied, 'Thank you so much, dear ratty!

Because, for me, the idea of the regal Diane in the ratty warehouse digs is positively tantalizing.

Word Value for ratty
Scrable

8

Words with friends

7

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