rummy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɹʌmɪ/
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/ˈɹʌmɪ/ · /ˈɹʌmi/
Definition of rummy
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable, usually)A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
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noun
- (uncountable, usually)A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
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A rum-drinking alcoholic.
“No one has forgotten Frank Dodd, the crossing guard who went crazy here twelve years ago and killed those women, and they haven't forgotten the dog, either, the one that came down with rabies and killed Joe Camber and the old rummy down the road from him.”
adj
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Resembling or tasting of rum.
“a rummy flavour”
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(UK, colloquial, dated)Peculiar; odd.
““You say rummy things and you do rummy things. What I mean to say is, you're impulsive.””
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Unknown, with much speculation. Perhaps related to rum via poker slang, or ultimately from German Ruhm.
Words you can make from rummy
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1 extension · 1 front
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