Definitions for grubby

grubby grub·by

Spelling: [gruhb-ee]
IPA: /ˈgrʌb i/

Grubby is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in grubby (bbgruy).

Definitions for grubby

noun

  1. a small sculpin, Myxocephalus aenaeus, inhabiting waters off the coast of New England.

adjective

  1. dirty; slovenly:
  2. infested with or affected by grubs or larvae.
  3. contemptible:

Origin of grubby

First recorded in 1605-15; grub + -y1

Examples for grubby

From the miserable camp pup he glanced at the grubby face of Jamie.

Each of them was actually owned by more than 25,000 member banks, and one hand washed the grubby hand of the other.

And the boy had scrambled to his feet to extend a grubby paw.

So, reversing the order of Nature, the butterfly had retired into a 'grubby' state.

Before the envelope containing salacious details makes it into the grubby hands of the media, tell everything.

But Paltrow and Lively insist on deep meaning besides the grubby business of trade.

Perfume bottles and weathered papyrus replicas gather dust in the grubby window displays of the empty shops.

The cleaner-by-the-day will do the grubby things and I shall like it.

His friend to the north, Paul Kagame, is another authoritarian with grubby hands, feted nonetheless.

They made their way through a swarm of grubby children, and entered the porch.

Word Value for grubby
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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