Definitions for grainy

grainy grain·y

Spelling: [grey-nee]
IPA: /ˈgreɪ ni/

Grainy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in grainy (aginry).

Definitions for grainy

adjective

  1. resembling grain; granular.
  2. full of grains or grain.
  3. having a natural or simulated grain, as wood, wallpaper, etc.
  4. Photography. (of a negative or positive) having a granular appearance.

Origin of grainy

First recorded in 1605-15; grain + -y1

Examples for grainy

Good news: so is this grainy TMZ footage of a Bieber/Bloom Ibiza brawl.

Tau dug further into his kit, brought out the vial of white powder with its grainy lumps.

He frets about how identifiable he is in the grainy footage.

My favorite began with a grainy black and white shot of a large snowdrift.

The ink was a pale blue in places, deepening to a strong blue in other places, with grainy blue specks.

Perhaps they'd domineer less if we left 'em take their own grainy ways.

They are grainy, low-resolution black-and-white pictures, more scruff than science.

There he hid everything the leather bag had contained excepting the grainy powder.

Upon closer inspection, the image, taken in Vietnam in 1972, is grainy, almost hazy.

Stirring it even a little is apt to start crystallization and the candy will then be grainy instead of creamy.

Word Value for grainy
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

Similar words for grainy
Word of the day