Definitions for picky

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Spelling: [pik-ee]
IPA: /ˈpɪk i/

Picky is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in picky (cikpy).

Definitions for picky

adjective

  1. extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.

Origin of picky

First recorded in 1865-70; pick1 + -y1

Examples for picky

Levya likes to wear his glasses a particular way and is picky about his clothes and staying clean.

Historically speaking, the first picky eaters were ancient doctors and religious leaders.

The French are picky; they never pay a fair price, but they have the best food.

"My dear picky, it had to come," said Booverman, with a shrug of his shoulders.

This is the end of all things, picky, the saddest spot on earth.

One woman posted a survey asking: “Does anyone else in your family have picky eating issues?”

Surveys may portray us as picky, but in reality our foodie culture is thriving as never before.

“Women can now afford to be picky; and men probably sense this,” says Helen Fisher, the biological anthropologist.

The trick, he says, is to be picky, even when it means saying no to a lot of money.

Of course, fwoonk and pwink and tweelt and kroosh sounded alike to them, but let's don't be too picky about things.

Word Value for picky
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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