frowsty

Adjective Satellite

stale and unclean smelling

Adj

Of an atmosphere: not fresh; close, musty, stuffy; of an object: having a musty, stale odour.
Of a person: dull, slow; also, unkempt, untidy.

Adjective

-TIER, -TIEST musty

Origin / Etymology

Origin unknown; possibly a variant of frowsy (frousy, frouzy, frowzy), etymology also unknown; and possibly related to Old French frouste (“decayed, in a state of ruin”). Compare also froughy, frow.

Synonyms

fusty, musty, frowsy, frowzy

Scrabble Score: 16

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

Words With Friends Score: 15

frowsty is a valid Words With Friends word