Definitions for wormy

wormy worm·y

Spelling: [wur-mee]
IPA: /ˈwɜr mi/

Wormy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in wormy (morwy).

Definitions for wormy

adjective

  1. containing a worm or worms; contaminated with worms.
  2. damaged or bored into by worms; worm-eaten.
  3. wormlike; groveling; low.

Origin of wormy

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at worm, -y1

Examples for wormy

To make cider or vinegar from rotten and wormy apples ought to be considered a crime.

And this after the pinched ration of mouldy salt-horse and wormy hard-bread!

When the nut is brought and cracked it is found to be wormy and bitter.

Pastures with cows after gathering; says they eat the culls and wormy fruit, and it pays.

It is not advisable, as they injure the trees, but they pick up the wormy fruit.

But when we take down Browning, we cannot think of him and the 'wormy bed' together.

I thin the fruit while on the trees by picking off the wormy and defective ones.

Have also a knife with which, at the proper time, to open the wormy apple.

I pick from a step-ladder, and sort into three classes: windfalls, wormy, and perfect.

His faith in boiling did not save him from a certain shrinking from wormy soup.

Word Value for wormy
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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