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Is barley a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word barley is a Scrabble US word. The word barley is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is barley a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word barley is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

B3A1R1L1E1Y4

Is barley a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word barley is a Words With Friends word. The word barley is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4A1R1L2E1Y3

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6-letter words (3 found)

BARELY,BARLEY,BLEARY,

5-letter words (18 found)

ABLER,BALER,BARYE,BAYER,BAYLE,BELAR,BELAY,BERAY,BERYL,BLAER,BLARE,BLEAR,EARLY,LAYER,LEARY,RAYLE,RELAY,YERBA,

4-letter words (37 found)

ABER,ABLE,ABLY,ABYE,AERY,ALBE,ARLE,ARYL,AYRE,BAEL,BALE,BARE,BAYE,BEAL,BEAR,BLAE,BLAY,BLEY,BRAE,BRAY,BREY,BYRE,BYRL,EARL,EYRA,LAER,LARE,LEAR,LYRA,LYRE,RALE,REAL,RELY,RYAL,YALE,YARE,YEAR,

3-letter words (31 found)

ABY,ALB,ALE,ARB,ARE,ARY,AYE,BAE,BAL,BAR,BAY,BEL,BEY,BRA,BYE,EAR,ERA,LAB,LAR,LAY,LEA,LEY,LYE,RAY,REB,RYA,RYE,YAE,YAR,YEA,YER,

2-letter words (15 found)

AB,AE,AL,AR,AY,BA,BE,BY,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 105 words from barley according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of barley

barley

Etymology

From Middle English barly, barli, from Old English bærlīċ (“barley-like”, adjective) (later referring to barley itself and grain crops of similar appearance), from bere (“barley”) (compare Scots bere (“six-rowed barley”)), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”). Equivalent to bere +‎ -ly. See English brew.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹli/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːli/
  • Homophones: Bali (non-rhotic accents)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)li

Noun

barley (usually uncountable, plural barleys)

  1. A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
  2. (Singapore) seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)

Hypernyms

  • (grain crop): grain, cereal

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Translations

Further reading

  • barley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Hordeum vulgare on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

  • Braley, barely, bearly, bleary

Scots

Etymology

Probably a corruption of English parley.

Interjection

barley

  1. A cry for truce in children's games.

Source: wiktionary.org