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Motley

Motley is a valid word in word games.

Tile score
11 points
Letters
6
Syllables
2
How common
Less common

Meaning of motley

  1. nounA collection containing a variety of sorts of things.

    “a great assortment of cars was on display”

    Similar: assortment , mixture , miscellany , miscellanea , variety , salmagundi , smorgasbord , potpourri

  2. nounA garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume).

  3. nounA multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England.

  4. verbMake something more diverse and varied.

    “Vary the menu”

    Similar: vary , variegate

  5. verbMake motley; color with different colors.

  6. adjectiveConsisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds- I.A.Richards.

    “an arrangement of assorted spring flowers”

    Similar: assorted , miscellaneous , mixed , sundry

  7. adjectiveHaving sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.

    “a jester dressed in motley”

    Similar: calico , multicolor , multicolored , painted , piebald , pied , varicolored

Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.

Anagrams of motley

No other single word uses exactly these letters.

Words inside motley

Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.

  • motel7
  • motey10
  • melt6
  • mole6
  • tome6
  • molt6
  • moly9
  • mote6
  • tole4
  • elmy9
  • ylem9
  • let3
  • lot3
  • met5
  • yet6
  • toe3
  • tom5
  • toy6
  • elm5
  • mel5
  • mol5
  • mot5
  • ole3
  • tel3
  • ley6
  • lye6
  • tye6
  • yom8

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Words that rhyme with motley

  • hotly

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