rummy
Plural: rummies
Noun
- A card game where players try to form sets or runs.
- a chronic drinker
- a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
- A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
- A rum-drinking alcoholic.
Adjective Satellite
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Adj
- Resembling or tasting of rum.
- Peculiar; odd.
Adjective
- Odd or peculiar; strange.
Examples
- a rummy flavour
- It was a rummy move to play a two-letter word when a bingo was available.
- Playing RUMMY requires strategy, much like a good game of Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
Unknown, with much speculation. Perhaps related to rum via poker slang, or ultimately from German Ruhm.
Scrabble Score: 12
rummy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrummy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rummy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
rummy: valid Words With Friends Word