Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

silty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
silty
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a noticeable amount of silt.

adj

Resembling or characteristic of silt.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From silt + -y.

Inflected Forms

siltier (comparative) siltiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

siltily siltiness unsilty

Rhymes With

guilty hilty tilty stilty unguilty

Questions

What does silty mean?
Having a noticeable amount of silt.
Where does silty come from?
From silt + -y.

How to pronounce silty

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