Definitions for plummy

plummy plum·my

Spelling: [pluhm-ee]
IPA: /ˈplʌm i/

Plummy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in plummy (lmmpuy).

Definitions for plummy

adjective

  1. containing or resembling plums.
  2. good or desirable:
  3. richly or mellowly resonant:

Origin of plummy

First recorded in 1750-60; plum1 + -y1

Examples for plummy

The plummy little dark-eyed one, Will—not that shrill little fiend.

With these words he put down the dish, with the 'plummy' end of the pudding turned towards himself.

A pluot is a hybrid of plum and apricot, dominated by plummy characteristics and lighter on the apricot.

To this day, no auction room ever feels quite complete without a plummy British voice taking bids.

But it is easy to overdo the plummy tone, which is apt to become cloying.

Choose carefully and this soft, plummy varietal can enthrall like a fine Cabernet Sauvignon.

There might be Guava jelly, and a plummy cake, For such a prize I'd laugh to scorn a stomach-ache!

Word Value for plummy
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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