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What does doozy mean? Is doozy a Scrabble word?

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Is doozy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word doozy is a Scrabble US word. The word doozy is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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Is doozy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word doozy is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

D2O1O1Z10Y4

Is doozy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word doozy is a Words With Friends word. The word doozy is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

DOOZY,

4-letter words (2 found)

DOZY,OOZY,

3-letter words (5 found)

DOO,DOY,DZO,YOD,ZOO,

2-letter words (6 found)

DO,OD,OO,OY,YO,ZO,

You can make 14 words from doozy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of doozy

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word doozy. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in doozy.

Definitions and meaning of doozy

doozy

Alternative forms

  • doozie, duesey, duesy

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from daisy (“the flower”) (Rudyard Kipling used "daisy" in this sense) or the name of Italian actress Eleonora Duse. The automobile manufacturer Duesenberg is often erroneously cited as the origin, but the word existed more than a decade earlier. Alternatively possibly from Polish duży, Introduced into America with the wave of Polish immigration around 1900. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈduːzi/
  • Rhymes: -uːzi

Noun

doozy (plural doozies)

  1. (US, informal) Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.
    Synonym: lulu

Translations

Adjective

doozy (not generally comparable, comparative doozier, superlative dooziest)

  1. (slang, dated) Of high quality; remarkable; excellent. [1903]
  2. (slang, US, archaic) Sporty, ostentatious, flashy. [1911]

Translations

References

  • Michael Quinion (2004) “Doozy”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
  • "Doozy" in J.E. Lighter, Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang volume 1, 1994.

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