dirty: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with D · ends with Y
Meaning of dirty
adj
Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
Example: Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.
That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
Example: Don't put that in your mouth, dear. It's dirty.
Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
Example: At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids.
Dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules.
Example: He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty.
Listed forms: dirtier, dirtiest, dorty.
Source: Wiktionary — dirty.
adv
In a dirty manner.
Example: to play dirty
Listed forms: dorty.
Source: Wiktionary — dirty.
verb
- transitive
To make (something) dirty.
- transitive
To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
- transitive
To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
- intransitive
To become soiled; to soil or defecate on.
Listed forms: dirties, dirtying, dirtied, dorty.
Source: Wiktionary — dirty.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for dirty.
adjective
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
adjective
vile; despicable
adjective
spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
adjective
contaminated with infecting organisms
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is dirty in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of dirty
D(2) + I(1) + R(1) + T(1) + Y(4) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of dirty
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from dirty
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