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Is allay a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word allay is a Scrabble US word. The word allay is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is allay a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word allay is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

ALLAY,

4-letter words (2 found)

ALAY,ALLY,

3-letter words (4 found)

AAL,ALA,ALL,LAY,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AL,AY,LA,YA,

You can make 12 words from allay according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of allay

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Definitions and meaning of allay

allay

Alternative forms

  • alay (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English alayen, aleyen, aleggen, from Old English āleċġan (“to put, place, lay down, lay aside, throw down, give up, cease from, abandon; put down, allay, suppress, abolish, conquer, destroy, overcome, refute; lay upon, inflict, impose upon; diminish, take away, refuse, lessen, withhold”), from Proto-Germanic *uzlagjaną (“to lay down”), equivalent to a- +‎ lay. Cognate with German erlegen (“to impose, cause to succumb, kill”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (uslagjan, “to lay down”). In Middle English the word was identical to forms of allege and alloy, leading to much overlapping of senses.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈleɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

allay (third-person singular simple present allays, present participle allaying, simple past and past participle allayed)

  1. (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
    Synonyms: appease, assuage, compose, soothe, calm, quiet
  2. (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
    Synonyms: alleviate, abate
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
  4. (archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
  5. (archaic, by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.

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Translations

Noun

allay (plural allays)

  1. Alleviation; abatement; check.
  2. (obsolete) An alloy.

References

  • “allay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Layla

Quechua

Noun

allay

  1. harvest or digging up of potatoes or tubers

Declension

Verb

allay

  1. (transitive) to dig, dig up, dig out, excavate; to harvest tubers

Conjugation

See also

  • aymuray
  • pallay

Source: wiktionary.org