You can make 6 words from hay according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of hay
hay ahy hya yha ayh yah
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word hay. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in hay.
Definitions and meaning of hay
hay
Pronunciation
enPR: hā, IPA(key): /heɪ/
Homophone: hey
Rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishhey, from Old Englishhīeġ, from Proto-West Germanic*hawi, from Proto-Germanic*hawją (compare West Frisianhea, Dutchhooi, GermanHeu, Norwegianhøy), from *hawwaną(“to hew, cut down”). More at hew.
Noun
hay (countable and uncountable, pluralhays)
(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
(countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
(slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
1947, William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
I would like some of that hay. Enclose $20.
A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
hay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
hay (third-person singular simple presenthays, present participlehaying, simple past and past participlehayed)
To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
To lay snares for rabbits.
Translations
See also
bale
straw
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishhaye, heye, a conflation of Old Englishheġe(“hedge, fence”) and Old Englishġehæġ(“an enclosed piece of land”).
Noun
hay (pluralhays)
(obsolete) A hedge.
(obsolete) A net placed around the lair or burrow of an animal.
(obsolete) An enclosure, haw.
(obsolete) A circular country dance.
Etymology 3
From the sound it represents, by analogy with other letters such as kay and gay. The expected form in English if the h had survived in the Latin name of the letter "h", hā.
Noun
hay (pluralhays)
The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
Related terms
aitch, the Latin letter for this sound
Further reading
Hay (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
See also
yeet hay
Anagrams
AYH, YHA, Yah, yah
Lushootseed
Alternative forms
haya
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /haɪ/
Verb
hay
to know
Malagasy
Etymology 1
Interjection
hay
truly!, indeed!
Etymology 2
Participle
hay
possible
known
Etymology 3
Noun
hay
(dialectal) burning
Etymology 4
Adjective
hay
(of land) exposed, bare
Etymology 5
Noun
hay
(Tankarana) an insect which damages rice crops
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
hay (pluralhayes)
Alternative form of haye(“net”)
Etymology 2
Interjection
hay
Alternative form of hey(“hey”)
Etymology 3
Noun
hay (uncountable)
Alternative form of hey(“hay”)
Etymology 4
Pronoun
hay
Alternative form of he(“they”)
Etymology 5
Noun
hay
Alternative form of heye(“hedge”)
Etymology 6
Verb
hay
Alternative form of haven(“to have”)
Middle French
Verb
hay
first-person singular present indicative of hayr
Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
hai, ai, ay
Etymology
From ha + y, "there is".
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈaj]
Verb
hay
(impersonal, Galicia) there is, there are
Descendants
Galician: hai
Further reading
“aver” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“hay ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
Somali
Verb
hay
to hold, have
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanishha ý(“it has there”) (compare Catalanhi ha and Frenchil y a), from ha, third-person singular present of aver(“to have”), + ý (locative pronoun, compare modern Frenchy and Catalanhi), from Latinibī(“there”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈai/[ˈai̯]
Rhymes: -ai
Syllabification: hay
Homophone: ay
Verb
hay
third-person singular present indicative of haber
there is, there are
Derived terms
Tagalog
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /haj/, [haɪ̯]
Etymology 1
Compare Hokkien 害矣(hāi--ah).
Interjection
hay (Baybayin spellingᜑᜌ᜔)
Alternative form of ay
an expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like: sigh
Derived terms
hay naku
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Englishhigh.
Adjective
hay (Baybayin spellingᜑᜌ᜔)
(slang) high on drugs; drugged
Synonyms:sabog, basag, bogsa
Etymology 3
Noun
hay (Baybayin spellingᜑᜌ᜔)(obsolete)
act of frighting or startling a dog
Derived terms
Further reading
“hay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [haj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ha(ː)j˧˧]
Etymology 1
Cognate with Aremhɪː ("to understand").
Verb
hay • (咍, 𫨩, 台, 能)
(archaic or literary) to know; to get to know; to learn
(‘hay’ + verb) to have a habit of (doing something)
Usage notes
The sense of “to know” is now mostly used in fixed expressions, such as đến đâu hay đến đó and cho hay(“to inform”), in the non-literary language.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
hay • (咍, 𫨩, 台)
good, as in useful, inventive, interesting or entertaining; compare tốt(good as in high-quality, skillful or ethical)
Antonyms:dở, tệ, tồi
ý hay ― a good idea
Derived terms
Adverb
hay • (𫨩)
well
Antonyms:dở, tệ, tồi
Etymology 3
Conjunction
hay • (咍, 台, 能)
or
Derived terms
See also
hoặc
Walloon
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /haj/
Interjection
hay
go, let us go
Yola
Pronoun
hay
Alternative form of hea(“he”)
References
Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130