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

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

FORAY,

4-letter words (6 found)

AFRO,FARO,FORA,FRAY,OARY,OFAY,

3-letter words (16 found)

ARF,ARY,FAR,FAY,FOR,FOY,FRA,FRO,FRY,OAF,OAR,ORA,ORF,RAY,RYA,YAR,

2-letter words (9 found)

AR,AY,FA,FY,OF,OR,OY,YA,YO,

You can make 32 words from foray according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of foray

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Definitions and meaning of foray

foray

Alternative forms

  • forrey (15th century)

Etymology

From Middle English forrayen (“to pillage”), a back-formation of forrayour, forreour, forrier (“raider, pillager”), from Old French forrier, fourrier, a derivative of fuerre (“provender, fodder, straw”), from Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder, feed, sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *patrom (“fodder”), *pat- (“to feed”), *pāy- (“to guard, graze, feed”).

Cognate with Old High German fuotar (German Futter (“fodder, feed”)), Old English fōdor, fōþor (“food, fodder, covering, case, basket”), Dutch voeder (“forage, food, feed”), Danish foder (“fodder, feed”), Icelandic fóður (“fodder, sheath”). More at fodder, food, forage.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɒɹ.eɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.eɪ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.æɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

foray (plural forays)

  1. A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
  2. A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere.

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Verb

foray (third-person singular simple present forays, present participle foraying, simple past and past participle forayed)

  1. To participate in a foray.
  2. To do or attempt something outside one's typical area of expertise.
  3. (transitive, archaic) To scour an area for goods as part of a foray.

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