dry: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 7 letter points · starts with D · ends with Y
Meaning of dry
adj
Free from or lacking moisture.
Example: This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?
Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
Example: This well is as dry as that cow.
Built without or lacking mortar.
Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
Example: Dry alcohol is 200 proof.
Listed forms: drier, dryer, driest, dryest, drie.
Source: Wiktionary — dry.
noun
The process by which something is dried.
Example: This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry.
- US
A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
Example: Come under my umbrella and keep in the dry.
- Australia, with-definite-article
The dry season.
Listed forms: drys, dries, drie.
Source: Wiktionary — dry.
verb
- intransitive
To lose moisture.
Example: The clothes dried on the line.
- transitive
To remove moisture from.
Example: Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
- figuratively, transitive
To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
- informal, intransitive
For an actor to forget their lines while performing.
Listed forms: dries, drying, dried, glossary, driest.
Source: Wiktionary — dry.
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 dry.
adjective
humorously sarcastic or mocking
adjective
lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- juiceless
adjective
practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
noun
a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is dry in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of dry
D(2) + R(1) + Y(4) = 7 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 dry
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from dry
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