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Is delay a Scrabble word?

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

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Is delay a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (3 found)

DELAY,LAYED,LEADY,

4-letter words (9 found)

DALE,DEAL,LADE,LADY,LEAD,YALD,YALE,YEAD,YELD,

3-letter words (18 found)

ALE,AYE,DAE,DAL,DAY,DEL,DEY,DYE,ELD,LAD,LAY,LEA,LED,LEY,LYE,YAD,YAE,YEA,

2-letter words (12 found)

AD,AE,AL,AY,DA,DE,EA,ED,EL,LA,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 43 words from delay according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of delay

delay edlay dleay ldeay elday leday dealy edaly daely adely eadly aedly dlaey ldaey daley adley ladey aldey elady leady ealdy aeldy laedy aledy delya edlya dleya ldeya eldya ledya deyla edyla dyela ydela eydla yedla dlyea ldyea dylea ydlea lydea yldea elyda leyda eylda yelda lyeda yleda deayl edayl daeyl adeyl eadyl aedyl deyal edyal dyeal ydeal eydal yedal dayel adyel dyael ydael aydel yadel eaydl aeydl eyadl yeadl ayedl yaedl dlaye ldaye dalye adlye ladye aldye dlyae ldyae dylae ydlae lydae yldae dayle adyle dyale ydale aydle yadle layde alyde lyade ylade aylde yalde elayd leayd ealyd aelyd laeyd aleyd elyad leyad eylad yelad lyead ylead eayld aeyld eyald yeald ayeld yaeld layed alyed lyaed ylaed ayled yaled

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Definitions and meaning of delay

delay

Etymology 1

From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally.

Akin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let (to hinder), late, leave.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈleɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dəˈleɪ/, /dɪ-/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Hyphenation: de‧lay

Noun

delay (countable and uncountable, plural delays)

  1. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
  2. (music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
  3. (programming, Clojure) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”)
  4. (chess) An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.
Synonyms
  • (period of time): cunctation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Portuguese: delay
Translations

Verb

delay (third-person singular simple present delays, present participle delaying, simple past and past participle delayed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To put off until a later time; to defer.
  2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To allay; to temper.
Usage notes
  • This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
  • (put off until a later time): adjourn, defer, forslow, penelopize, postpone, put off, put on ice, suspend; See also Thesaurus:procrastinate
  • (retard): belate, forslow, get in the way, hold up, impede; See also Thesaurus:hinder
  • (allay): calm, moderate, quell; See also Thesaurus:pacify
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English delaien, from Old French delaiier, a variant of delaissier.

Verb

delay (third-person singular simple present delays, present participle delaying, simple past and past participle delayed)

  1. (obsolete) To dilute, temper.
  2. (obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.

Further reading

  • “delay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “delay”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Adley, Daley, Dealy, Leday, dealy, ladye, layed, leady

Maranao

Noun

delay

  1. Job's tears

References

  • A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English delay.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.ˈlej/

Noun

delay m (plural delays)

  1. (posh, except in technical contexts) delay (period of time before an event being initiated and actually occurring)
    Synonym: atraso
  2. (audio engineering) delay (effect that produces echo-like repetitions in sound)
  3. (audio engineering) delay (unit that produces a delay effect)

Source: wiktionary.org