Definitions for scaly

scaly scal·y

Spelling: [skey-lee]
IPA: /ˈskeɪ li/

Scaly is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in scaly (aclsy).

Definitions for scaly

adjective

  1. covered with or abounding in scales or scale.
  2. characterized by or consisting of scales; scalelike.
  3. peeling or flaking off in scales.
  4. Slang. shabby; despicable.

Origin of scaly

First recorded in 1520-30; scale1 + -y1

Examples for scaly

It has strong claws and a scaly skin, impenetrable upon the back.

For this reason, the tree is known among backwoodsmen as the ‘scaly bark.’

Large tree with orange-yellow winter buds, and firm, not scaly, bark.

The stem is quite short, tapering downward, dark green, scaly.

The Armed-Fish has its name from its arms, and its scaly mail.

The stems may not be scaly at the apex, often rosy when young.

The scaly flesh of his head and face was dissolving like melting butter.

The stem is solid, slender, scaly, somewhat lighter than the pileus.

O insatiate brute, and most disgusting, brazen, and scaly reptile!

The stem is inclined to be scaly, thickened at the base, solid.

Word Value for scaly
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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