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Is fry a Scrabble word?

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

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3-letter words (1 found)

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2-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of fry

fry

Translingual

Symbol

fry

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for West Frisian.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: frī, IPA(key): /fɹaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Etymology 1

From Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō (“to roast, fry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “I roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”), भृग् (bhṛg, “the crackling of fire”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”).

Verb

fry (third-person singular simple present fries, present participle frying, simple past and past participle fried)

  1. A method of cooking food.
    1. (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
    2. (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
    3. (obsolete) To simmer; to boil.
  2. To be affected by extreme heat or current.
    1. (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
    2. (chiefly US, transitive, intransitive, slang) To execute, or be executed, by the electric chair.
    3. (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
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  • See also Thesaurus:cook
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  • (be executed in the eletric chair): swing
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Noun

fry (plural fries)

  1. (usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US, cooking) A fried piece of cut potato.
    Synonyms: chip, french fry
  2. (Ireland, British, cooking) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
    Synonym: fry-up
  3. (Australia, New Zealand, cooking) The liver of a lamb.
    Synonym: liver
  4. (usually in the plural, fries, US, cooking) A lamb or calf testicle.
    Synonyms: prairie oyster, Rocky Mountain oyster, tendergroin
  5. (colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English frie (“small fry, offspring”), of two possible origins:

  • Traditionally derived from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prei- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅 (fraiw, “seed”).
  • More likely from Old French *frie, *fri, collateral form of froi (“spawn”), from froier, freier (“to spawn”), from Latin fricō (“to rub”).

Noun

fry (uncountable)

  2. Young fish; fishlings.
  3. (now chiefly UK dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
  4. (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.
    a fry of children
  5. (UK dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
Derived terms
  • small fry
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Etymology 3

Dialectal, of obscure origin.

Noun

fry (plural fries)

  1. A kind of sieve.
  2. A drain.

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Middle English

Noun

fry

  1. Alternative form of frie

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