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Is destroy a Scrabble word?

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

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Is destroy a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1S1T1R1O1Y4

Is destroy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word destroy is a Words With Friends word. The word destroy is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1S1T1R1O1Y3

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7-letter words (3 found)

DESTROY,ROYSTED,STROYED,

6-letter words (13 found)

DOTERS,DRYEST,OYSTER,ROSETY,ROSTED,SORTED,STORED,STOREY,STRODE,STYRED,TOYERS,TRODES,TYROES,

5-letter words (48 found)

DEROS,DOERS,DOEST,DORES,DORSE,DORTS,DORTY,DOSER,DOTER,DOTES,DREST,DREYS,DYERS,ESTRO,EYOTS,OYERS,REDOS,RESOD,RESTO,RESTY,RODES,ROSED,ROSET,ROTED,ROTES,ROYST,RYOTS,SORED,STORE,STORY,STROY,STYED,STYRE,TORES,TORSE,TOSED,TOYED,TOYER,TREYS,TRODE,TRODS,TROYS,TYERS,TYRED,TYRES,TYROS,YERDS,YORES,

4-letter words (78 found)

DERO,DEYS,DOER,DOES,DORE,DORS,DORT,DORY,DOSE,DOST,DOTE,DOTS,DOTY,DOYS,DREY,DRYS,DYER,DYES,EROS,ERST,EYOT,ODES,ORDS,ORES,ORTS,OYER,OYES,REDO,REDS,REOS,REST,RETS,RODE,RODS,ROED,ROES,ROSE,ROST,ROSY,ROTE,ROTS,RYES,RYOT,SORD,SORE,SORT,STED,STEY,STYE,SYED,TEDS,TEDY,TODS,TODY,TOED,TOES,TOEY,TORE,TORS,TORY,TOSE,TOYS,TRES,TREY,TROD,TROY,TRYE,TYDE,TYED,TYER,TYES,TYRE,TYRO,YERD,YEST,YODE,YODS,YORE,

3-letter words (51 found)

DEY,DOE,DOR,DOS,DOT,DOY,DRY,DSO,DYE,EDS,ERS,EST,ODE,ODS,OES,ORD,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,OYE,OYS,RED,REO,RES,RET,ROD,ROE,ROT,RYE,SED,SER,SET,SEY,SOD,SOT,SOY,STY,SYE,TED,TES,TOD,TOE,TOR,TOY,TRY,TYE,YER,YES,YET,YOD,

2-letter words (18 found)

DE,DO,ED,ER,ES,ET,OD,OE,OR,OS,OY,RE,SO,ST,TE,TO,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 212 words from destroy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of destroy

destroy

Etymology

From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“I build”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈstɹɔɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ
  • Hyphenation: de‧stroy

Verb

destroy (third-person singular simple present destroys, present participle destroying, simple past and past participle destroyed)

  2. (transitive, intransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
  3. (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
  4. (transitive) To put down or euthanize.
  5. (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
  6. (transitive, informal) To utterly defeat; to crush.
  7. (transitive, computing) To remove data.
  8. (transitive, bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up.
  9. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
  10. (transitive, US, slang) To sing a song extremely poorly.
  11. (transitive, slang) To eat food quickly, hungrily or completely.
    I could destroy some wings right now.

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  • stroyed

Source: wiktionary.org