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Is espy a Scrabble word?

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

E1S1P3Y4

Is espy a Scrabble UK word?

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

E1S1P3Y4

Is espy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word espy is a Words With Friends word. The word espy is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1S1P4Y3

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4-letter words (4 found)

ESPY,PYES,SYPE,YEPS,

3-letter words (7 found)

PES,PYE,SEY,SPY,SYE,YEP,YES,

2-letter words (3 found)

ES,PE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from espy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of espy

espy sepy epsy pesy spey psey esyp seyp eysp yesp syep ysep epys peys eyps yeps pyes ypes spye psye sype yspe pyse ypse

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Definitions and meaning of espy

espy

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈspaɪ/, /ɛ-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈspaɪ/, /ɛ-/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Etymology 1

From Middle English aspien, espien (“to make covert observations of (a person or place) with hostile intent, to spy on; to seek to discover by spying; to act as a spy; to catch sight of, see; to look over, observe; to wait in ambush, to ambush; to plot against; to look for, seek to find; to inquire or look into, investigate; to discover, find”) [and other forms], from Old French espier (“to watch”) (modern French épier (“to keep an eye on, watch; to spy on; (dated) to watch for”)), from Vulgar Latin *spiāre, from Frankish *spehōn (“to look, peer; to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to look, peer; to spy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look, observe, see”). Doublet of spy.

Verb

espy (third-person singular simple present espies, present participle espying, simple past and past participle espied)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To find out or observe (someone or something, especially if not easy to see) by spying or looking; to catch sight of; to see; to spot.
      Synonyms: descry, discern, discover; see also Thesaurus:spot
    2. To see (someone or something) without foreplanning or unexpectedly.
    3. (obsolete)
      1. To observe (someone or something) as a spy; also, to examine or observe (someone or something) carefully; or to look out or watch for.
      2. To become aware of (a fact, information, etc.).
  2. (intransitive, archaic) To observe as a spy, to spy; also, to examine or observe carefully; or to look out or watch.
Conjugation
Alternative forms
  • espie (obsolete)
Derived terms
  • espier
  • espying (adjective, noun)
  • unespied
Related terms
  • espial
  • espionage
  • spy
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English aspie, espie (“covert investigation or observation, scouting, spying; information obtained through spying; secret and treacherous plan, plot; treachery; a scout or spy”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman espie, Old French espie, from espier (verb): see further at etymology 1.

Noun

espy (countable and uncountable, plural espies) (obsolete)

  1. (countable)
    1. An act of finding out or observing by spying or looking; an espial or espying.
    2. A scout or spy.
  2. (uncountable) The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means; espionage.

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Anagrams

  • Pyes, Spey, Yeps, pyes, spye, yeps

Source: wiktionary.org