Definitions for grimy

grimy grim·y

Spelling: [grahy-mee]
IPA: /ˈgraɪ mi/

Grimy 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 42 anagrams from letters in grimy (gimry).

Definitions for grimy

adjective

  1. covered with grime; dirty:

Origin of grimy

First recorded in 1605-15; grime + -y1

Examples for grimy

When they returned, many came to this small building with arched windows only a few blocks from the grimy Caspian beach.

He was the proprietor of a grimy chicken joint in Rochester, New York.

That's what made you so grimy that day Mrs. Halden came in for tea!

After all, if you were small, the grimy beetle crawled on—which was just what you wanted it to do.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Half a dozen men sit on the floor in a grimy rented storefront in the crowded Khyber Bazaar.

At the end of the opening heist, I could practically feel my feet sinking into the grimy sand of Revere Beach.

The closest agents get to that in, say, cold and grimy New York is eating in their cars.

There was something lying on a bed covered by a grimy sheet.

Then he jerked a grimy thumb in the direction of the back room.

I shudder to think of the grimy network that lies on either hand.

Word Value for grimy
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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