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Is joy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word joy is a Scrabble US word. The word joy is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is joy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word joy is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

J8O1Y4

Is joy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word joy is a Words With Friends word. The word joy is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (1 found)

JOY,

2-letter words (3 found)

JO,OY,YO,

You can make 4 words from joy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of joy

joy ojy jyo yjo oyj yoj

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Definitions and meaning of joy

joy

Pronunciation

  • enPR: joi, IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

From Middle English joye, borrowed from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of jo and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”). Displaced native Old English ġefēa.

Noun

joy (countable and uncountable, plural joys)

  1. A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
  2. Anything that causes such a feeling.
  3. Luck or success; a positive outcome.
  4. (obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "feeling of happiness"): infelicity, joylessness, unhappiness, unjoy
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Krio: jɔy
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English joyen, joȝen, joien, from Old French jöir, from the noun (see above).

Verb

joy (third-person singular simple present joys, present participle joying, simple past and past participle joyed)

  1. (intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice.
    • 1885, Richard Francis Burton (translator), The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 18, “Tale of the Portress,” p. 178,[3]
      I swore readily enough to this and he joyed with exceeding joy and embraced me round the neck while love for him possessed my whole heart.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To enjoy.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To give joy to; to congratulate.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian جای (jây).

Noun

joy (plural joylar)

  1. place

Derived terms

  • joylashmoq

Source: wiktionary.org