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Is astray a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word astray is a Scrabble US word. The word astray is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is astray a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word astray is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

A1S1T1R1A1Y4

Is astray a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word astray is a Words With Friends word. The word astray is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1S1T1R1A1Y3

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6-letter words (4 found)

ASTRAY,SATYRA,TAYRAS,YARTAS,

5-letter words (13 found)

ARTSY,RASTA,RATAS,RAYAS,SATAY,SATYR,STRAY,TARAS,TASAR,TAYRA,TRAYS,YAARS,YARTA,

4-letter words (18 found)

ARSY,ARTS,ARTY,ASAR,RAST,RATA,RATS,RAYA,RAYS,RYAS,STAR,STAY,TARA,TARS,TAYS,TRAY,TSAR,YAAR,

3-letter words (20 found)

AAS,ARS,ART,ARY,ATS,AYS,RAS,RAT,RAY,RYA,SAR,SAT,SAY,STY,TAR,TAS,TAY,TRY,YAR,YAS,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AR,AS,AT,AY,ST,TA,YA,

You can make 63 words from astray according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of astray

astray

Etymology

From Middle English astraien or by apheresis straien, from Old French estraier (“to stray”), from late Medieval Latin extravagari (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagārī (“to wander, stray”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈstɹeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Adverb

astray

  1. In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.

Derived terms

  • go astray
  • lead astray

Related terms

  • stray
  • estray

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Further reading

  • “astray”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “astray”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “astray”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • 'Straya, Straya, atrays, tayras, yartas, yatras

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