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Is rocky a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rocky is a Scrabble US word. The word rocky is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is rocky a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rocky is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

CORKY,ROCKY,

4-letter words (7 found)

COKY,CORK,CORY,ROCK,ROKY,YOCK,YORK,

3-letter words (8 found)

COR,COY,CRY,KOR,ORC,ROC,ROK,YOK,

2-letter words (6 found)

KO,KY,OK,OR,OY,YO,

You can make 23 words from rocky according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of rocky

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Definitions and meaning of rocky

rocky

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rŏk'i, IPA(key): /ˈɹɒki/, [ˈɹʷɒki]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑki/, [ˈɹʷɑki]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔki/, [ˈɹʷɔki]
  • Rhymes: -ɒki

Etymology 1

From Middle English rokki, rokky (“rocky”), from rok, rokke (“rock; a rock or stone; large rock by a coast or in the sea; rocky outcrop on a mountain, cliff; castle, citadel, stronghold”) [and other forms] + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Rok, rokke are derived from:

  • Old English *rocc (“rock”); and
  • Anglo-Norman roc, roce, roque, and Old French roce, roke, roque, variants of roche (“rock”);

both from Medieval Latin roca, rocca; further etymology uncertain, possibly of Celtic origin. The English word is analysable as rock +‎ -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).

Adjective

rocky (comparative rockier or more rocky, superlative rockiest or most rocky)

  1. Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
  2. Like a rock; rigid, solid.
    Synonyms: flinty; rocklike, rock-like; stonelike
  3. (Of an animal or plant) Having a habitat around or on rocks.
  4. (figuratively, archaic) Not easily affected or impressed; stony; hard; obdurate; unfeeling.
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Etymology 2

From rock (“to move back and forth”) +‎ -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’). Rock is derived from Middle English rokken (“to move (something, such as a cradle) back and forth; to move or sway back and forth in an unstable manner; to go”) […], from Old English roccian (“to rock”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkōną (“to move; to move back and forth, rock”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig; to till (soil)”).

Adjective

rocky (comparative rockier or more rocky, superlative rockiest or most rocky)

  1. Easily rocked; unstable.
    Synonyms: tottering, wobbly
  2. (figuratively)
    1. Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
      (encountering many problems): Synonyms: hard, tough; see also Thesaurus:difficult
      (in danger): Synonyms: unsteady; see also Thesaurus:unsteady
    2. (originally US) Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
      Synonyms: shaky, unnerved, weakened
Derived terms
  • rockily
  • rockiness
  • rocking chair
  • rocking horse
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Etymology 3

From rock (“rock and roll music”) +‎ -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).

Adjective

rocky (comparative rockier or more rocky, superlative rockiest or most rocky)

  1. In the style of rock music.
    Synonyms: rockish; rockesque; rocklike, rock-like
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References

Further reading

  • rock (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • rock music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Rocky (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • corky

Source: wiktionary.org