Definition of SCRUFFY

scruffy

Plural: scruffies

Adjective Satellite

  • shabby and untidy; ; - Mark Twain
    • "a surge of ragged scruffy children"

Adj

  • Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby.
  • Scurfy.

Noun

  • An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats".

Adjective

  • Shabby, unkempt, or disheveled in appearance.

Examples

  • A scruffy little dog came scampering down the road.
  • His SCRUFFY-looking tiles unexpectedly formed a high-scoring word.
  • scruffy clothes
  • scruffy man
  • scruffy outfit

Origin / Etymology

From scruff + -y.

Synonyms

seedy

Scrabble Score: 18

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

Words With Friends Score: 19

scruffy: valid Words With Friends Word