Definitions for chewy

chewy chew·y

Spelling: [choo-ee]
IPA: /ˈtʃu i/

Chewy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in chewy (cehwy).

Definitions for chewy

adjective

  1. (of food) not easily chewed, as because of toughness or stickiness; requiring much chewing.

Origin of chewy

First recorded in 1920-25; chew + -y1

Examples for chewy

This kind of chewy, significant work has a “limited market,” said Westphal, and thus fetches limited prices.

Some people like the vegetable nougatine soft, others like it "chewy," and still others want it to be hard.

The taste is good beyond words, and the consistency is pleasingly "chewy" without being tenacious to the point of teeth pulling!

Her humor was New York humor, layered and tangy with irony; chewy and Jewish and deadpan and literate.

When they are done, the casing has transformed from translucent membrane into chewy, wrinkled coat.

The spicy flavor will cook into the squash, which will crisp lightly, the skin becoming caramelized and chewy.

If you prefer them chewy in the middle and crisp outside, chill the balls of dough.

Like a muffaletta, the bread must be chewy enough to stay tough when wrapped around oily foods.

The creaminess of risotto dotted with chunks of sweet, chewy lobster meat.

Imagine eating an entire box of soft, chewy chocolate cookies.

Word Value for chewy
Scrable

16

Words with friends

15

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