Definition of KOOKY

kooky

Plural: kookies

Adjective Satellite

  • informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Adj

  • Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.
  • Behaving like a kook (a person with poor style or skill); kook-like.

Noun

  • Alternative form of kookie (“kookaburra”).

Adjective

  • Eccentric, strange, or peculiar.

Examples

  • His kooky behavior seemed charming at first, but soon got on our nerves.
  • She often surprised opponents with her KOOKY, yet high-scoring, word combinations.

Origin / Etymology

From kook + -y.

Synonyms

around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky, kookish, outlandish

Scrabble Score: 16

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

Words With Friends Score: 15

kooky: valid Words With Friends Word