greedily
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 8
Definition of greedily
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.
“The two dogs greedily devoured the meat.”
“I gazed greedily on the gems in the shop window.”
“There he ordered beer from the adenoidal Chinese manager and drank the afternoon away, greedily swilling bottle after bottle, feeling gradually his adulthood return.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English gredyly, gredily, from Old English grǣdiglīce, grǣdelīce; equivalent to greedy + -ly.
Words you can make from greedily
152 playable · top: REEDILY (11 pts)
Best play reedily 11 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
19 words5-letter words
33 words- GYRED 10 pts
- LEDGY 10 pts
- RIDGY 10 pts
- DRILY 9 pts
- ELEGY 9 pts
- GIRLY 9 pts
- REDLY 9 pts
- REDYE 9 pts
- REEDY 9 pts
- YIELD 9 pts
- EYRIE 8 pts
- LEERY 8 pts
- RILEY 8 pts
- DIRGE 7 pts
- EDGER 7 pts
- GELID 7 pts
- GLEDE 7 pts
- GLEED 7 pts
- GLIDE 7 pts
- GREED 7 pts
- GRIDE 7 pts
- LEDGE 7 pts
- RIDGE 7 pts
- EDILE 6 pts
- EIDER 6 pts
- ELDER 6 pts
- ELIDE 6 pts
- IDLER 6 pts
- LEGER 6 pts
- LIEGE 6 pts
- LIGER 6 pts
- REGIE 6 pts
- RILED 6 pts
4-letter words
53 words- EDGY 9 pts
- DYER 8 pts
- EYED 8 pts
- GLEY 8 pts
- GREY 8 pts
- GYRE 8 pts
- GYRI 8 pts
- IDLY 8 pts
- IDYL 8 pts
- YELD 8 pts
- YIRD 8 pts
- EELY 7 pts
- EERY 7 pts
- EYER 7 pts
- EYRE 7 pts
- LYRE 7 pts
- RELY 7 pts
- DREG 6 pts
- EDGE 6 pts
- GEED 6 pts
- GELD 6 pts
- GIED 6 pts
- GILD 6 pts
- GIRD 6 pts
- GLED 6 pts
- GRID 6 pts
- DEER 5 pts
- DEIL 5 pts
- DELE 5 pts
- DELI 5 pts
- DERE 5 pts
- DIEL 5 pts
- DIRE 5 pts
- DIRL 5 pts
- DREE 5 pts
- EGER 5 pts
- EIDE 5 pts
- GIRL 5 pts
- GLEE 5 pts
- GREE 5 pts
- IDLE 5 pts
- IRED 5 pts
- LEDE 5 pts
- LIED 5 pts
- REDE 5 pts
- REED 5 pts
- RIDE 5 pts
- LEER 4 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LIRE 4 pts
- REEL 4 pts
- RIEL 4 pts
- RILE 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- DEY 7 pts
- DRY 7 pts
- DYE 7 pts
- GEY 7 pts
- EYE 6 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- DIG 5 pts
- GED 5 pts
- GID 5 pts
- DEE 4 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GEE 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- LID 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RID 4 pts
- RIG 4 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- LEE 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
2-letter words
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