dewy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈdjuː.i/
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/ˈdjuː.i/ · /ˈd͡ʒuː.i/ · /ˈduː.i/

Definition of dewy

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Covered by dew.
    “His mildly vivid dewy beam Of beryl to diffuse: the gleam With elf-light tiniest figures lit Of shapely moon-fair elves who sit Each on a gemmy blade's curled tip In circle.”
    “The dewy grass was too slick for football.”
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adj

  1. Covered by dew.
    “His mildly vivid dewy beam Of beryl to diffuse: the gleam With elf-light tiniest figures lit Of shapely moon-fair elves who sit Each on a gemmy blade's curled tip In circle.”
    “The dewy grass was too slick for football.”
  2. Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
    “In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.”
    “At midnight, in the month of June, / I stand beneath the mystic moon. / An opiate vapor, dewy, dim, / Exhales from out her golden rim”
  3. Resembling or characteristic of dew.
  4. Fresh and innocent.
    “1814, 16 March, Percy Bysshe Shelley letter to Hogg, Thy Gentle Face Thy dewy looks sink in my breast Thy gentle words stir poison there;”
    “It was unusually early for him; his whole person exhaled the charm of almost dewy freshness; […]”
    “Simplicity in life, simplicity in art, and a dewy freshness over all.”

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Etymology

From Middle English dewy, deuhy, from Old English dēawiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwag, *dauwīg, equivalent to dew + -y.

Anagrams of dewy

2 plays · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from dewy

11 playable · top: WYE (9 pts)

Best play wye 9 points

3-letter words

5 words

2-letter words

5 words

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