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Updated June 2026
Covered with hair or having a lot of hair; difficult or dangerous.
“The hairy caterpillar crawled across the leaf.”
/ˈhɛəri/
hair·y
Contains AI vowel pattern with H, R, Y consonants.
Worth 11 points; H and Y are valuable letters.
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