Definitions for gamey

gamey gam·ey

Spelling: [gey-mee]
IPA: /ˈgeɪ mi/

Gamey 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 46 anagrams from letters in gamey (aegmy).

Definitions for gamey

adjective

  1. gamy.
  2. having the tangy flavor or odor of game:
  3. having the flavor or odor of game or other meat kept uncooked until slightly tainted:
  4. plucky; spirited.
  5. lewd or suggestive; risqué.
  6. gross or squalid; unwholesome.

Origin of gamey

First recorded in 1835-45; game1 + -y1

Examples for gamey

They are nearly as gamey and quite as good eating as the muskallonge.

The grocery chain said it was making an entry into the rabbit market after demand from shoppers for the gamey offering.

From time to time she unmasks herself, gamey and whipped flaunting that brownish color.

The cuisine was excellent, and the gamey meat had a relish all its own.

He liked to tease Cricket, because, as he said, she was so "gamey."

To remove the "gamey" taste from the wild duck, either wash it in vinegar before cooking or scald it in boiling water.

But there was more strength than he supposed in the tiring yet gamey sea-fighter.

Plentifully victualed, one could stand a siege here, and perhaps did in the gamey Middle Ages.

He was smart and gamey, but his spirit had nearly been broken by his tyrannical master.

Don't be letting on to be shy, a fine, gamey, treacherous lad the like of you.

Word Value for gamey
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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