Definition of bony

"bony" in the adjective sense

1. scraggy, scraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy

being very thin

"a child with skinny freckled legs"

"a long scrawny neck"

"pale bony hands"

2. osseous, osteal, bony

composed of or containing bone

"osseous tissue"

3. bony, boney

having bones especially many or prominent bones

"a bony shad fillet"

"her bony wrist"

"bony fish"

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Quotations for bony

Within a bony, labyrinthean cave,
Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,
This sibyl, sweet, and mystic sense is found,
Muse, that presides over all the powers of sound. [ Abraham Coles ]

bony in Scrabble®

The word bony is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters bony:

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bony in Words With Friends™

The word bony is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters bony:

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Word Growth involving bony

Shorter words in bony

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Longer words containing bony

carbonyl carbonylate carbonylated decarbonylated

carbonyl carbonylate carbonylates

carbonyl carbonylate decarbonylate decarbonylated

carbonyl carbonylating decarbonylating

carbonyl carbonylation carbonylations decarbonylations

carbonyl carbonylation decarbonylation decarbonylations

carbonyl carbonylic

carbonyl carbonyls thiocarbonyls

carbonyl decarbonylative

carbonyl decarbonylator decarbonylators

carbonyl thiocarbonyl thiocarbonyls

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