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Is floaty a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word floaty is a Scrabble US word. The word floaty is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is floaty a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word floaty is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

FLOATY,

5-letter words (5 found)

ALOFT,FATLY,FLOAT,FLOTA,LOFTY,

4-letter words (10 found)

ALTO,FLAT,FLAY,FOAL,LOAF,LOFT,LOTA,OATY,OFAY,TOLA,

3-letter words (17 found)

AFT,ALF,ALT,FAT,FAY,FLY,FOY,LAT,LAY,LOT,LOY,OAF,OAT,OFT,TAO,TAY,TOY,

2-letter words (13 found)

AL,AT,AY,FA,FY,LA,LO,OF,OY,TA,TO,YA,YO,

You can make 46 words from floaty according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of floaty

floaty

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfləʊti/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfloʊti/, [-ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -əʊti

Etymology 1

From float (noun or verb) +‎ -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives). Compare Middle English floti, floty (“of a place: well supplied with water”).

Adjective

floaty (comparative floatier, superlative floatiest)

  1. Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
    1. (nautical, archaic) Of a ship: having a shallow draft (the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull), and thus drawing less (that is, floating higher in) water.
  2. (figurative)
    1. Of music: light and relaxing.
    2. Of an object: light and flimsy or soft; specifically, of a dress: lightweight, so as to rise away from the body when the wearer is moving.
      Synonym: gossamer
    3. Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
    4. Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.
Derived terms
  • floatily
  • floatiness
  • over-floaty (obsolete)
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Etymology 2

From float (noun) +‎ -y (suffix forming diminutive nouns).

Noun

floaty (plural floaties) (informal)

  1. A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid.
  2. (chiefly US)
    1. A lilo (inflatable air mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on.
    2. (swimming) Chiefly in the plural: synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”)
      Synonyms: armfloat, water wing
Alternative forms
  • floatie
Coordinate terms
  • floater
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Source: wiktionary.org