Definitions for runty

runty runt·y

Spelling: [ruhn-tee]
IPA: /ˈrʌn ti/

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

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in runty (nrtuy).

Definitions for runty

adjective

  1. stunted; dwarfish:

Origin of runty

First recorded in 1800-10; runt + -y1

Examples for runty

Women and "runty Nigger men" commanded a price of from $600.00 up, each.

The dusk gathering under the pepper trees along the sidewalk absorbed his runty but swaggering shape.

"You said short stripe," said the indignant buyer, pointing the finger of scorn at the runty little skin.

There is a bunch of laurels right over there—those glossy-leaved, runty sort of trees.

And her dog, a runty little French bull, was sleepin' on the rug beside the couch.

These dogies were ever afterwards unmistakable in appearance, and remained stunted, "runty" little animals of no value.

runty took the chair, and in a few earnest and well-chosen words, he dispatched the Ossified Man for a pitcher of beer.

Now, runty, you fellows hurry up to your headquarters, so's to be there when the reporters come.

Three such smilin' faces as yours turned right up at him would produce a shadder, runty.

Why should the son of a mountain need affirmation from runty Portugees with pencil stubs behind their ears and scarred fingers?

Word Value for runty
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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