Definitions for arroyo

arroyo ar·roy·o

Spelling: [uh-roi-oh]
IPA: /əˈrɔɪ oʊ/

Arroyo is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in arroyo (aoorry).

Definitions for arroyo

noun

  1. (chiefly in southwest U.S.) a small steep-sided watercourse or gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains.

Origin of arroyo

1800-10, Americanism; Spanish; akin to Latin arrūgia mine shaft

Examples for arroyo

Quickly he swung his horse to the left and vanished into an arroyo.

They left the road and struck across country toward the arroyo.

Sure to find them on the sloping banks, as we did by the arroyo.

The latter turned his horse and rode to the edge of the arroyo.

The trackers had made out their footprints in the mud of the arroyo.

One yell and a stream of curses came from across the arroyo.

He was beside her again before she had reached the bed of the arroyo.

The three riders had plunged into the depths of the arroyo and were out on the other 299 side.

Slade sent one of his men springing up the side of the arroyo.

We stayed by the arroyo all that day and the following night.

Word Value for arroyo
Scrable

9

Words with friends

8

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