gammy

Meanings

Plural: gammies

Adjective Satellite

(British informal) sore or lame
- "a gammy foot"

Adj

Injured, or not functioning properly (with respect to legs).
Fake; counterfeit.
Bad; unfavourable.

Noun

Grandmother.

Origin / Etymology

Origin obscure and uncertain. Possibly from the English dialectal (North Midlands) adjective game (“lame”), Welsh cam (“crooked”), or from Irish cam (“bent”), by way of Shelta. Compare also Old Occitan gambi (“lame, limping”), related to Old Occitan gamba (“leg”) (see also French jambe (“leg”), English gam (“leg”)).

Synonyms

lame

Scrabble Score: 13

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

Words With Friends Score: 15

gammy is a valid Words With Friends word