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

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

BRAY,

3-letter words (9 found)

ABY,ARB,ARY,BAR,BAY,BRA,RAY,RYA,YAR,

2-letter words (6 found)

AB,AR,AY,BA,BY,YA,

You can make 16 words from bray according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bray

bray rbay bary abry raby arby brya rbya byra ybra ryba yrba bayr abyr byar ybar aybr yabr rayb aryb ryab yrab ayrb yarb

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Definitions and meaning of bray

bray

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: breɪ, IPA(key): /bɹeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Homophone: brae

Etymology 1

The verb is derived from Middle English brayen, brai, bray, braye (“of a person or animal: to vocalize loudly; of the weather: to make a loud sound, howl, roar”), from Old French brai, braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to cry or shout out”) (modern French braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to shout; to cry, weep”)), possibly from Vulgar Latin *bragiō, from Gaulish *bragu (compare Breton breugiñ (“to bray”), brammañ (“to flatulate”), Cornish bramma, brabma (“to flatulate”), Old Irish braigid (“to flatulate”)), from Proto-Celtic *brageti, *bragyeti (“to flatulate”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to flatulate; to stink”); cognate with Latin fragrō (“to smell”). Alternatively, the word could be from a Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), and cognate with frangere (“to break, shatter”).

The noun is derived from the verb, or from Middle English brai, brait (“shriek; outcry”), from Old French brai, brait (“a cry”), from braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to shout; to cry, weep”); see above.

Verb

bray (third-person singular simple present brays, present participle braying, simple past and past participle brayed)

  1. (intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
    Synonyms: (archaic, dialectal) blore, (ass or donkey) hee-haw
  2. (intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
  3. (transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.
Derived terms
  • brayer
  • braying (noun)
  • brayingly
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See also
  • (equine laugh): horselaugh

Noun

bray (plural brays)

  1. The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.
    Synonym: (ass or donkey) hee-haw
  2. (by extension) Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English brayen (“to break or crush into pieces”), from Anglo-Norman breier, Old French breie, breier, broiier (modern French broyer (“to crush, grind”)), possibly from Frankish *brekan (“to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”); thus making the English word a doublet of break.

Verb

bray (third-person singular simple present brays, present participle braying, simple past and past participle brayed)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar.
  2. (transitive, British, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something).
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Anagrams

  • Raby, Ryba, bary-, yarb

Middle English

Verb

bray

  1. Alternative form of brayen (“to cry”)

Source: wiktionary.org