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Is prissy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word prissy is a Scrabble US word. The word prissy is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

P3R1I1S1S1Y4

Is prissy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word prissy is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

P3R1I1S1S1Y4

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Yes. The word prissy is a Words With Friends word. The word prissy is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4R1I1S1S1Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

PRISSY,

5-letter words (4 found)

PISSY,PRISS,RISPS,SPIRY,

4-letter words (11 found)

PIRS,PISS,PRYS,PSIS,RIPS,RISP,SIPS,SIRS,SPRY,SRIS,YIPS,

3-letter words (11 found)

PIR,PIS,PRY,PSI,RIP,SIP,SIR,SIS,SPY,SRI,YIP,

2-letter words (3 found)

IS,PI,SI,

You can make 30 words from prissy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of prissy

prissy

Etymology

1895, either an alteration of precise, blend of prim +‎ sissy, or a blend of prim +‎ fussy; first attested in American writer Joel Chandler Harris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹɪsi/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsi

Adjective

prissy (comparative prissier, superlative prissiest)

  1. Excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.
    • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club Cabin Boy[1]
      As Nathanial Mayweather, heir to the Mayweather Hotel fortune, Elliott doesn’t disdain the hoi polloi so much as he considers everyone, even the faculty and headmaster at the prissiest private school in existence, to be part of it.
  2. (usually derogatory) Very feminine or dressy.
  3. Well-mannered, well-behaved.

Derived terms

  • priss
  • prisspot

Translations

Noun

prissy (plural prissies)

  1. (rare) A person who is excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.
    • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      I really like Beau. He sure enjoys being admired & lusted over. He just lays back like a king & enjoys. What a prissy!

References

  • “prissy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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