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Yes. The word aye is a Scrabble US word. The word aye is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word aye is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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3-letter words (3 found)

AYE,YAE,YEA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AE,AY,EA,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 9 words from aye according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of aye

aye yae aey eay yea eya

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Definitions and meaning of aye

aye

Etymology 1

From Middle English ay, ai, aȝȝ, from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiwō (“ever, always”) (compare Old English āwo, āwa, ā, ō, Middle Dutch ie, German je), from *aiwaz (“age; law”) (compare Old English ǣ(w) (“law”), West Frisian ieu (“century”), Dutch eeuw (“century”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time”) (compare Irish aois (“age, period”), Breton oad (“age, period”), Latin ævum (“eternity”), Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn)). Doublet of aeviternity and aevum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɪ/
    • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • (sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /aɪ/
    • Rhymes: -aɪ
    • Homophones: ay, eye, I

Adverb

aye (not comparable)

  2. (archaic) ever, always
    • 1863, Translation by Catherine Winkworth:
      Let the Amen sound from His people again; Gladly for aye we adore Him. (Praise to the Lord, the Almighty)
Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:aye.
References

Etymology 2

"Appears suddenly about 1575, and is exceedingly common about 1600." Probably from use of aye (“ever, always”) as expression of agreement or affirmation, or from Middle English a ye (“oh yes”), or synthesis of both. More at oh, yea.

Alternative forms

  • ay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪ/
    • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophones: ay, eye, I

Interjection

aye

  1. yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
  2. (nautical) a word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.
Usage notes
  • It is much used in Scotland, the north and Midlands of England, Northern Ireland, North Wales, as well as in New Zealand (where it may follow rather than precede a statement). Also notably seen in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc., or in nautical contexts.
Synonyms
  • yes
  • yea
Antonyms
  • nay
  • no
Derived terms
Translations
References
  • Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Noun

aye (plural ayes)

  1. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
    "To call for the ayes and nays;" "The ayes have it."
Synonyms
  • yes
Translations

References

Etymology 3

Probably of multiple motivations, the sounds having been chosen for functional reasons.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪ/, /eɪ/
    • (New Zealand) IPA(key): [æe̯]

Interjection

aye

  1. (MLE, MTE, regional African-American Vernacular) an attention grabber
    Synonyms: hey, oi, I say
  2. (New Zealand) Alternative spelling of ay (question tag)

Anagrams

  • yae, yea

Baba Malay

Etymology

From Malay air (“water”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /basi/

Noun

aye

  1. water

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi aye. Doublet of saya.

Pronoun

aye

  1. (Jakarta, slang) First-person singular pronoun: I, me, my

Synonyms

Other pronouns with the same meaning used in Jakarta:

  • gue, ogut

Other pronouns with the same meaning used elsewhere:

  • aku (informal)
  • ku
  • daku (poetic)
  • saya (formal)
  • gua, gw (Java)
  • hamba

Middle English

Noun

aye (plural ayer or ayren)

  1. Alternative form of ey (“egg”)

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse ei, ey, cognate with Old English ā. See the etymology for the English word above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪ/

Adverb

aye (not comparable)

  1. always, still

Interjection

aye

  1. yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question

Spanish

Noun

aye m (plural ayes)

  1. whine; whining; whinging

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English ay, from Old Norse ey.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː/

Adverb

aye

  1. ever

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • ايعِ
  • aiyé (archaic)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Edo aye

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.jé/

Noun

ayé

  1. world
  2. life
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.jè/

Noun

àyè

  1. chance, opportunity
Derived terms
  • ráyè (“to get the opportunity”)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

  • aè, àè

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.jè/, /à.jè/

Noun

àyè

  1. (Ekiti) lies, falsehood
    Synonyms: irọ́, ụrọ́, èké
Derived terms
  • ṣàyè (“to lie”)
  • Ifáàláyè
  • Fáláè
  • Aóòláyè
  • Ọbànị̀fọ̀nṣaè

Source: wiktionary.org