Definitions for miry

miry mir·y

Spelling: [mahyuh r-ee]
IPA: /ˈmaɪər i/

Miry is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in miry (imry).

Definitions for miry

adjective

  1. of the nature of mire; swampy:
  2. abounding in mire; muddy.
  3. covered or bespattered with mire.

Origin of miry

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

Examples for miry

Deck was studying up some way to extricate the wagons from their miry plight.

Was this love made for the many and miry roads through which man must travel?

Before they can reach the wicket-gate, they fall into a 'miry slough.'

miry was about the handsomest gal that went into the singers' seat a Sunday.

It is true of its kind, though the dredging of nature is the miry form of art.

Sin is a foul, slimy, miry thing, defiling whoever it touches.

No iron mixed with miry clay, Will ever do, the people say,Hurrah!

It had taken to the grass, and was heading straight for the miry slough.

It was over this miry marsh that they proposed to build a wharf.

No: he said miry was his daughter, and 'twas her bisness to take care on him.

Word Value for miry
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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