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Is cay a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cay is a Scrabble US word. The word cay is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

C3A1Y4

Is cay a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cay is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3A1Y4

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

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3-letter words (1 found)

CAY,

2-letter words (2 found)

AY,YA,

You can make 3 words from cay according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of cay

cay acy cya yca ayc yac

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Definitions and meaning of cay

cay

Alternative forms

  • key

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiː/, /keɪ/
  • Rhymes: -iː, -eɪ

Etymology 1

From Spanish cayo, from Taíno.

Noun

cay (plural cays or cayes)

  1. A small, low island largely made of sand or coral.
Derived terms
See also
  • isle, islet, island

Etymology 2

See quay.

Noun

cay (plural cays)

  1. Obsolete spelling of quay (“structure for loading vessels”).

See also

  • vay-cay

Anagrams

  • -acy, CYA, cya

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian جای (jây).

Pronunciation

Noun

cay (definite accusative cayı, plural caylar)

  1. (Classical Azerbaijani) place

Declension

References

  • “cay” in Obastan.com.

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kyar.

Noun

cay

  1. fish

References

  • Church, Clarence, Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎[3] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 47; 9

Koyraboro Senni

Noun

cay

  1. iron oxide, rust

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] kal¹.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaj˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ka(ː)j˧˧]

Adjective

cay • (咳, 荄, 𠹽, 𡀲, 𨐮, 𨢟, 𫐝)

  1. (of sensation) hot, spicy, or reminiscent of chili pepper
    có vị cay ― spicy
    có mùi cay ― smells like pepper
    cay mắt ― having one's eyes irritated as if they were by pepper

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Source: wiktionary.org