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scruffy

How many syllables in scruffy?

  2 syllables

Divide scruffy into syllables:   scruff-y
How to pronounce scruffy:   skruhf-ee
How to say scruffy:

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Synonyms for scruffy


2 syllables
  • battered
  • grungy
  • messy
  • ragged
  • scabby
  • tattered
  • threadbare
  • grubby
  • mangy
  • natty
  • rumpled
  • shabby
  • tatty
  • unkempt
3 syllables
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What rhymes with scruffy

1 syllable
  • stuff
    2 syllables
    • buffy
    • fluffy
    • huffy
    • puffy
    • stuffy
    • duffy
    • guffy
    • muffy
    • snuffy
    • toughie
    3 syllables
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