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

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Is annoy a Scrabble UK word?

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5-letter words (2 found)

ANNOY,ANYON,

4-letter words (4 found)

ANNO,ANON,NANO,NONA,

3-letter words (8 found)

ANN,ANY,NAN,NAY,NON,NOY,ONY,YON,

2-letter words (9 found)

AN,AY,NA,NO,NY,ON,OY,YA,YO,

You can make 23 words from annoy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of annoy

annoy nanoy annoy nanoy nnaoy nnaoy anony naony aonny oanny noany onany anony naony aonny oanny noany onany nnoay nnoay nonay onnay nonay onnay annyo nanyo annyo nanyo nnayo nnayo anyno nayno aynno yanno nyano ynano anyno nayno aynno yanno nyano ynano nnyao nnyao nynao ynnao nynao ynnao anoyn naoyn aonyn oanyn noayn onayn anyon nayon aynon yanon nyaon ynaon aoynn oaynn ayonn yaonn oyann yoann noyan onyan nyoan ynoan oynan yonan anoyn naoyn aonyn oanyn noayn onayn anyon nayon aynon yanon nyaon ynaon aoynn oaynn ayonn yaonn oyann yoann noyan onyan nyoan ynoan oynan yonan nnoya nnoya nonya onnya nonya onnya nnyoa nnyoa nynoa ynnoa nynoa ynnoa noyna onyna nyona ynona oynna yonna noyna onyna nyona ynona oynna yonna

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Definitions and meaning of annoy

annoy

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈnɔɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

From Middle English anoyen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman anuier, Old French enuier (“to molest, harm, tire”), from Late Latin inodiō (“cause aversion, make hateful”, verb), from the phrase in odiō (“hated”), from Latin odium (“hatred”). Displaced native Old English dreċċan and gremman.

Verb

annoy (third-person singular simple present annoys, present participle annoying, simple past and past participle annoyed)

  1. (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
  2. (intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
  3. (transitive) To molest; to harm; to injure.
    to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade
Synonyms
  • (to disturb or irritate) bother, bug, hassle, irritate, pester, nag, irk
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Antonyms
  • please
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Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English anoy, from Old French enui. Doublet of ennui.

Noun

annoy (plural annoys)

  1. (literary, archaic) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
  2. (literary, archaic) That which causes such a feeling.
Synonyms
  • (both senses) annoyance
Translations

References

  • “annoy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “annoy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Yonan, anyon, noyan, yanno

Middle English

Noun

annoy

  1. Alternative form of anoy

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