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Is decry a Scrabble word?

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

D2E1C3R1Y4

Is decry a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1C3R1Y4

Is decry a Words With Friends word?

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

D2E1C4R1Y3

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5-letter words (2 found)

CYDER,DECRY,

4-letter words (4 found)

CRED,DREY,DYER,YERD,

3-letter words (8 found)

CRY,DEY,DRY,DYE,REC,RED,RYE,YER,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,ED,ER,RE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 20 words from decry according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of decry

decry edcry dcery cdery ecdry cedry dercy edrcy drecy rdecy erdcy redcy dcrey cdrey drcey rdcey crdey rcdey ecrdy cerdy ercdy recdy credy rcedy decyr edcyr dceyr cdeyr ecdyr cedyr deycr edycr dyecr ydecr eydcr yedcr dcyer cdyer dycer ydcer cyder ycder ecydr ceydr eycdr yecdr cyedr ycedr deryc edryc dreyc rdeyc erdyc redyc deyrc edyrc dyerc yderc eydrc yedrc dryec rdyec dyrec ydrec rydec yrdec erydc reydc eyrdc yerdc ryedc yredc dcrye cdrye drcye rdcye crdye rcdye dcyre cdyre dycre ydcre cydre ycdre dryce rdyce dyrce ydrce rydce yrdce cryde rcyde cyrde ycrde rycde yrcde ecryd ceryd ercyd recyd creyd rceyd ecyrd ceyrd eycrd yecrd cyerd ycerd erycd reycd eyrcd yercd ryecd yrecd cryed rcyed cyred ycred ryced yrced

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Definitions and meaning of decry

decry

Etymology

C. 1600, from Middle French decrier (“to denigrate; depreciate”), from Old French descrier (“to shout”) (modern décrier). Doublet of descry. The pejorative meaning had not been present in the Middle English loan, but it was present in the French word from at least the 13th century, with a meaning of "to denigrate; depreciate; to announce the depreciation or suppression of a currency", presumably from the interpretation of de- as meaning "down, inferior".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈkɹaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Verb

decry (third-person singular simple present decries, present participle decrying, simple past and past participle decried)

  1. (transitive) To denounce as harmful.
  2. (transitive) To blame for ills.

Translations

References

  • Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114
  • “decry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “decry”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “decry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • cedry, cyder

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