Definitions for Reedy

Reedy reed·y

Spelling: [ree-dee]
IPA: /ˈri di/

Reedy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in Reedy (deery).

Definitions for Reedy

adjective

  1. full of reeds:
  2. consisting or made of a reed or reeds:
  3. like a reed or reeds:
  4. having a sound like that of a reed instrument.

Origin of Reedy

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

Examples for Reedy

She answered to the peculiar, reedy twang in his penetrating voice.

It was a reedy woman in a housecoat, her hair in curlers, her eyes red and swollen.

If a bird sings in the meadow its tune is pitched to Pan's reedy obligato.

But she still bore that heathen name, which she had received in the reedy thicket.

It frequents the wooded and reedy banks of the great rivers.

There are plenty of moor-hens or water-hens in these reedy pools.

It was a tinkly, reedy instrument, for none of that household had any turn for music.

"I've heard it all before," Rat said, with a note of boredom in his reedy voice.

It was an hour before they found a little mud-pool in a reedy hollow.

The male voice was peculiar; it was, as I told you, reedy and nasal.

Word Value for Reedy
Scrable

9

Words with friends

8

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