sooty

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
covered with or as if with soot
- "a sooty chimney"

Adj

Of, relating to, or producing soot.
Soiled with soot
Of the color of soot.
Dark-skinned; black.

Verb

To blacken or make dirty with soot.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English sooty, soty, equivalent to soot + -y. Probably influenced by similar Middle English suti (“dirty, filthy”), derived from the same root as Old English besūtian (“to befoul”).

Synonyms

black, coal-black, dusky, inky, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sable, swarthy

Scrabble Score: 8

sooty is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sooty is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sooty is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

sooty is a valid Words With Friends word