owly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4

Definition of owly

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an owl.
    “In the picture Miss Elizabeth showed me the croc had little piggy eyes, not huge owly ones.”
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adj

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an owl.
    “In the picture Miss Elizabeth showed me the croc had little piggy eyes, not huge owly ones.”
  2. (Atlantic-Canada)In a bad mood; cranky.
    “I had no right to be owly and disagreeable with Willie.”
  3. Seeing poorly.
    “Perhaps nice isn't the best word for him, but he certainly was an unusually imposing and fluffy-haired and fierce-looking brute of a tarantula. He had rather an owly way about him, as if he had come out from his hole too early and was dazed and half-blinded by the light.”
  4. (Atlantic-Canada)Silly.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From owl + -y.

Anagrams of owly

3 plays · some not in Scrabble

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Words you can make from owly

9 playable · top: YOWL (10 pts)

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3-letter words

3 words

2-letter words

5 words

Hooks

2 extensions · 2 front

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