Definition of GOODY

goody

Plural: goodies

Noun

  • A desirable item, especially a sweet treat or prize.
  • something considered choice to eat
  • A small amount of something good to eat.
  • Any small, usually free, item.
  • Pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
  • Alternative form of goodie (“hero, good character in a story”).
  • That which is good, the good part of something, which one desires to extract or use up.
  • An American fish, the lafayette or spot.
  • Goodwife, a 17th-century Puritan honorific for an adult woman.

Intj

  • Used to indicate pleasure or delight.

Adj

  • Synonym of goody-goody (“mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious”).

Examples

  • Finding a blank tile felt like a real GOODY, allowing him to complete any word.
  • Oh goody, ice cream!

Origin / Etymology

From good + -y.

Synonyms

dainty, delicacy, kickshaw, treat, goody-goody

Scrabble Score: 10

goody: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
goody: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
goody: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

goody: valid Words With Friends Word