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Is decoy a Scrabble word?

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

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Is decoy a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1C3O1Y4

Is decoy a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (2 found)

COYED,DECOY,

4-letter words (5 found)

CODE,COED,DECO,ECOD,YODE,

3-letter words (11 found)

COD,COY,DEY,DOC,DOE,DOY,DYE,ECO,ODE,OYE,YOD,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,DO,ED,OD,OE,OY,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 27 words from decoy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of decoy

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Definitions and meaning of decoy

decoy

Etymology

From Dutch de +‎ kooi, literally "the cage". Possibly related to verb coy (which itself may have been influenced by decoy).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdiːkɔɪ/
  • Rhymes: -iːkɔɪ

Noun

decoy (plural decoys)

  1. A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
  2. A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
  3. Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
    • 2002, Robotech: Battlecry – Guide and Walkthrough
      Just every 5 seconds or so shoot out a decoy near the Cats Eye and the enemies will aim for that instead of the Cats Eye.
  4. An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.

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Verb

decoy (third-person singular simple present decoys, present participle decoying, simple past and past participle decoyed)

  1. (transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
    to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net
  2. (intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

  • deke

Translations

See also

  • red herring

Anagrams

  • coyed

Source: wiktionary.org