Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scriggly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scrig-gly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"He left his tie. The one with the scriggly yellow lines running lopsided across the dark-blue field."

Etymology

From scriggle + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: scriggle

Inflected Forms

more scriggly (comparative) most scriggly (superlative)

Questions

What does scriggly mean?: wiggly; wavy
Where does scriggly come from?: From scriggle + -y.

How to pronounce scriggly

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