Definitions for gummy

gummy gum·my

Spelling: [guhm-ee]
IPA: /ˈgʌm i/

Gummy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in gummy (gmmuy).

Definitions for gummy

adjective

  1. of, resembling, or of the consistency of gum; viscid; mucilaginous.
  2. covered with or clogged by gum or sticky matter.
  3. exuding gum.

Origin of gummy

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at gum1, -y1

Examples for gummy

In the gummy soils of the Dakotas, a long slant cut is the best.

But always there was the gummy mud, smelling of what I knew was below, to lead me on.

As if to illustrate that, he removed his teeth, and put them on the table, flashing a gummy, toothless smile at me.

Then she offered me some candy, but it looked so gummy that I gave it to Karsten.

The juice yielded was thick and gummy, and of a sweetish taste.

He was full of happiness, gummy with it, like a plum ripe for pluckingor falling.

Mild or sweet ales, on the contrary, are less attenuated by lengthened fermentation, and abound in saccharine and gummy matter.

You run down to this number and get a good, gummy, pathetic yarn.

The White Walnut is the Butternut; the covering of the nut is sticky and gummy.

The end product is the closest I've come to achieving that "damp, gummy richness" McCullers' Frankie enjoyed so much.

Word Value for gummy
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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