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Is belay a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word belay is a Scrabble US word. The word belay is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is belay a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word belay is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

B3E1L1A1Y4

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Yes. The word belay is a Words With Friends word. The word belay is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

BAYLE,BELAY,

4-letter words (12 found)

ABLE,ABLY,ABYE,ALBE,BAEL,BALE,BAYE,BEAL,BLAE,BLAY,BLEY,YALE,

3-letter words (17 found)

ABY,ALB,ALE,AYE,BAE,BAL,BAY,BEL,BEY,BYE,LAB,LAY,LEA,LEY,LYE,YAE,YEA,

2-letter words (12 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 44 words from belay according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of belay

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Definitions and meaning of belay

belay

Etymology 1

From Middle English beleggen, bileggen, from Old English beleċġan (“to cover, invest, surround, afflict, attribute to, charge with, accuse”), From Proto-West Germanic *bilaggjan, equivalent to be- (“about, around”) +‎ lay. Cognate with Dutch beleggen (“to cover, overlay, belay”), German belegen (“to cover, occupy, belay”), Swedish belägga (“to pave”).

Pronunciation

  • Verb:
    • (US) IPA(key): /bɪˈleɪ/
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbiːleɪ/, /bɪˈleɪ/
    • Rhymes: -eɪ, (UK) -iːleɪ
  • Noun:
    • IPA(key): /ˈbiːleɪ/
    • Rhymes: -iːleɪ

Verb

belay (third-person singular simple present belays, present participle belaying, simple past and past participle belayed or belaid)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
  2. (transitive, climbing) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
  3. (transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.
  4. (intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To surround; environ; enclose.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
Derived terms
  • belay my last
Translations

Noun

belay (plural belays)

  1. (climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
  2. (climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
  3. (climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
Derived terms
  • belay device

See also

  • Belaying on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈleɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

belay

  1. simple past of belie (“encompass”)

References

  • “belay”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “belay”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Baley, Leyba

Source: wiktionary.org