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Yes. The word essayer is a Scrabble US word. The word essayer is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is essayer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word essayer is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

ESSAYER,

6-letter words (6 found)

EASERS,ERASES,EYASES,RESAYS,SAREES,SAYERS,

5-letter words (27 found)

ARSES,ARSEY,AYRES,EASER,EASES,ERASE,ERSES,ESSAY,EYASS,EYERS,EYRAS,EYRES,RASES,RASSE,RESAY,RESES,SAREE,SASER,SAYER,SEARE,SEARS,SEASE,SEERS,SERES,SESEY,YEARS,YESES,

4-letter words (39 found)

AERY,ARES,ARSE,ARSY,AYES,AYRE,EARS,EASE,EASY,EERY,ERAS,ERES,ESES,ESSE,EYAS,EYER,EYES,EYRA,EYRE,RASE,RAYS,REES,RYAS,RYES,SARS,SAYS,SEAR,SEAS,SEER,SEES,SERA,SERE,SERS,SESE,SEYS,SYES,YARE,YEAR,YEAS,

3-letter words (33 found)

ARE,ARS,ARY,ASS,AYE,AYS,EAR,EAS,ERA,ERE,ERS,ESS,EYE,RAS,RAY,REE,RES,RYA,RYE,SAE,SAR,SAY,SEA,SEE,SER,SEY,SYE,YAE,YAR,YAS,YEA,YER,YES,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AR,AS,AY,EA,EE,ER,ES,RE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 118 words from essayer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of essayer

essayer

Etymology

From essay +‎ -er.

Noun

essayer (plural essayers)

  1. (obsolete) One who performs an essay; an experimenter.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French essayer, essaier, from Old French essaiier, essayer, essaier, from essay, essai (“attempt; assay; experiment”) + -er (“infinitive-forming suffix”), from Late Latin exagium (“weight; weighing, testing on the balance”), from Latin exigere + -ium, from ex- + agere, from Proto-Italic *agō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.sɛ.je/, /e.se.je/

Verb

essayer

  1. (transitive) to test, to try on
    Essayez cette chemise. ― Try this shirt on.
  2. (catenative) to try, to attempt
    J’ai essayé d’apprendre le piano. ― I tried to learn [to play] the piano.
    Des psychologues ont essayé d’analyser quels traits physiques étaient considérés comme attirants. ― Psychologists have tried to analyze what physical traits were considered to be attractive.
  3. (reflexive, transitive with à) to try one's hand at
    s’essayer à quelque chose ― to try one's hand at something

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

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Further reading

  • “essayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Paronyms

  • essuyer

Anagrams

  • ressaye, ressayé

Middle French

Verb

essayer

  1. (transitive) to test
  2. (with "de") to try

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

essayer n

  1. indefinite singular of essay

Synonyms

  • essay

Source: wiktionary.org