Definitions for patchy

patchy patch·y

Spelling: [pach-ee]
IPA: /ˈpætʃ i/

Patchy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in patchy (achpty).

Definitions for patchy

adjective

  1. characterized by or made up of patches.
  2. occurring in, forming, or like patches.
  3. of inconsistent or irregular quality, texture, etc.; not uniform:

Origin of patchy

First recorded in 1790-1800; patch1 + -y1

Examples for patchy

We know British intelligence at the time on WMD was "patchy and sporadic."

He played where the wickets were all patchy, and you had to watch the ball right on to the bat.

Debate, on the whole, patchy, with hopeless air of unreality about it.

The result is patchy, and the removal of evils partial and unsystematic.

The Dutch samplers might, as a rule, be described as patchy.

She grew pale—a patchy pallor, which meant that her nerves were out of order.

patchy had lately been reading the story of Joseph and his brethren.

I have to dodge about with netting and scarecrows to keep what we do get; for I hate a patchy row, I do.

They were aged and patchy, and they filled the bill in other ways.

The population distribution of these marvelous creatures is patchy too.

Word Value for patchy
Scrable

16

Words with friends

16

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