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   spotty

   /ˈspɒti/

   adjective

   • 1. marked with spots: "a spotty purple flower" Similar spottedmottledspeckledspecklyfleckedspeckedstippledinformal:splodgysplotchytechnical:macularmaculatemaculatedfoxedguttatepolka-dotspotteddottedinformal:dotty
   • ▪ having pimples: "a spotty youth" Similar pimplypimpledacnedpoor-complexionedpockmarkedpockyblotchyblotchedinformal:zittyplookyOpposite clear-complexioned
   • ▪ of uneven quality; patchy: "his spotty record on the environment" Similar patchyuneveninconsistenterraticfluctuatingirregularnon-uniformOpposite consistentuniform

   Derivatives

   • 1. spottily adverb
   • 2. spottiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • S

     1

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • T

     1

   • Y

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