holey

Adjective Satellite

allowing passage in and out

Adj

Having, or being full of, holes.

Adjective

Having many holes; full of perforations.

Examples

Fred loved holey Dutch cheese.
His hand of vowels was so HOLEY, he desperately needed some consonants.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English holy, holi, holly, holli (“holey, spongy, hollow”); equivalent to hole + -y. The e was inserted in Modern English to distinguish the word from holy (“hallowed, sacred”).

Synonyms

porous

Scrabble Score: 11

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

Words With Friends Score: 10

holey: valid Words With Friends Word