Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spacky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spacky
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

incompetent or physically uncoordinated

British usage; Slang

noun

British usage; Slang

Etymology

From spack + -y, ultimately from spastic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: spack

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

spackier (comparative) spackiest (superlative) spackies (plural)

Questions

What does spacky mean?: incompetent or physically uncoordinated
Where does spacky come from?: From spack + -y, ultimately from spastic.

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