5 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
adjective thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
originEtymology tree English grime Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English grimy From grime + -y.
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