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Is grey a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word grey is a Scrabble US word. The word grey is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is grey a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word grey is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

G2R1E1Y4

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Yes. The word grey is a Words With Friends word. The word grey is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

GREY,GYRE,

3-letter words (6 found)

ERG,GER,GEY,REG,RYE,YER,

2-letter words (3 found)

ER,RE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from grey according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of grey

grey rgey gery egry regy ergy grye rgye gyre ygre ryge yrge geyr egyr gyer yger eygr yegr reyg eryg ryeg yreg eyrg yerg

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Definitions and meaning of grey

grey

Alternative forms

  • gray (often used in the US)

Etymology

From Middle English grey, from Old English grǣġ, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”) (compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: grā, IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Adjective

grey (comparative greyer or more grey, superlative greyest or most grey)

  1. British and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
  2. (South Africa, slang) Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white).

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Translations

Verb

grey (third-person singular simple present greys, present participle greying, simple past and past participle greyed)

  1. British and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

Noun

grey (plural greys)

  1. British and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

Translations

See also

  • greys

References

Anagrams

  • -ergy, gyre

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grey, from Proto-Germanic *grawją, cognate with Faroese groyggj. Original meaning -meager dog (greyhound), whereas in English the semantic developed to simply a lean dog, this was transferred mostly from the dogs all together to mean a -poor little thing - a poor person. the semantic change to something poor has already taken place in the old language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kreiː/
  • Rhymes: -eiː

Noun

grey n (genitive singular greys, nominative plural grey)

  1. (archaic) bitch (female dog)
  2. wretch, pitiful person
  3. indefinite accusative singular of grey
  4. indefinite nominative plural of grey
  5. indefinite accusative plural of grey

Declension

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • grei, gray, grai, greye, gry, græi, gro, gra, greȝe, greiȝe

Etymology

From Old English grǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡræi̯/
  • Rhymes: -æi̯

Adjective

grey (plural and weak singular greye)

  1. grey, dull, drab (in color)
  2. glinting, glistening

Descendants

  • English: gray, grey
  • Scots: gray
  • Yola: gry

References

  • “grei, adj. & n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Noun

grey

  1. grey (colour)
  2. Fur of the grey squirrel
  3. grey clothes
  4. grey textiles
  5. An elderly man
  6. A badger

Descendants

  • English: gray, grey
  • Scots: gray
  • Yola: gry

References

  • “grei, adj. & n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
  • “grei, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
  • “grei, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

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Portuguese

Noun

grey m (plural greys)

  1. Alternative form of gray (race of extraterrestrials)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish grey, from Latin gregem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather together”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾei/ [ˈɡɾei̯]
  • Rhymes: -ei
  • Syllabification: grey

Noun

grey f (plural greyes)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) flock, herd
    Synonyms: rebaño, rehala
  2. (religion) flock (people served by a pastor, priest, etc., also all believers in a church or religion)
    Synonyms: rebaño, feligresía, congregación, iglesia

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

  • (animals): ganado, hato, parvada, manada, jauría, cardumen, enjambre

Further reading

  • “grey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “grey”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, page 208

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