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goopy

/ˈɡuːpi/adjective

goopy is spelled G-O-O-P-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, goopy means “Having the consistency of goop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in goopy?

Letters5: G-O-O-P-Y
In writingabout once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is goopy?

Goopy appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce goopy?

  • /ˈɡuːpi/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-goopy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of goopy

  • goopier comparative
  • goopiest superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does goopy mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    informalHaving the consistency of goop.

    The flask had something goopy in it.

  2. 2

    informalSaccharine; sentimental.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does goopy come from?

From goop + -y.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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