Definitions for Fenny

Fenny fen·ny

Spelling: [fen-ee]
IPA: /ˈfɛn i/

Fenny is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in Fenny (efnny).

Definitions for Fenny

adjective

  1. marshy.
  2. inhabiting or growing in fens.

Origin of Fenny

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fennig. See fen1, -y1

Examples for Fenny

Reeds make a strong thatch, but are not easily to be procured, except in fenny districts.

Fenchurch-street, from a fenny or moorish ground by a river side.

I am very bad with the ague, as people must be in the habit of saying in these fenny districts.

I made similar inquiries at fenny Stratford, and again at Dunstable, still without result.

The rain and thaw, following upon frosty weather, had converted the fenny country in many directions into a shallow lake.

But, of all other, the fenny and marsh is the worst, and the clearest spring water next unto it.

Finsbury was so called from the fenny district in which it lay.

The tapir of Guatemala rolled by his fenny pool, and the peccary herded hard by.

The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spreadPartake the nature of their fenny bed.

For purchasing and improving the fenny lands in Lincolnshire.

Word Value for Fenny
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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