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   droughty

   /ˈdraʊti/

   adjective

   • 1. characterized by a drought or lack of rain: North American "a frosty spring and droughty summer combined to give Virginia its worst apple harvest in 20 years"
   • ▪ having little or no moisture; dry or arid: North American "especially affected are trees growing on droughty soils"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from drought + -y1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. droughtiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • D

     2

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • G

     2

   • H

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   • T

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   • Y

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