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Is navy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word navy is a Scrabble US word. The word navy is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is navy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word navy is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

N1A1V4Y4

Is navy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word navy is a Words With Friends word. The word navy is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

NAVY,

3-letter words (4 found)

ANY,NAV,NAY,VAN,

2-letter words (5 found)

AN,AY,NA,NY,YA,

You can make 10 words from navy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of navy

navy anvy nvay vnay avny vany nayv anyv nyav ynav aynv yanv nvya vnya nyva ynva vyna yvna avyn vayn ayvn yavn vyan yvan

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word navy. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in navy.

Definitions and meaning of navy

navy

Etymology

From Middle English nave, navye, from Anglo-Norman, Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia < nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, nāvis (“boat”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Compare Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), Persian ناو (nâv, “boat, warship”), Sanskrit नाव (nāva, “ship”), Old English nōwend (“mariner, sailor”).

Displaced native Old English sċiphere (literally “ship army”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneɪvi/
  • Rhymes: -eɪvi

Noun

navy (countable and uncountable, plural navies)

  2. (countable) A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel.
  4. (countable) A governmental department in charge of a country's maritime military force.
  6. (archaic, countable) Any fleet of maritime vessels, and especially the entire fleet of any particular nationality, including vessels that are commercial, military, or both.
    Synonym: (archaic) marine
  8. (countable and uncountable) A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.

Derived terms

  • (fleet of any particular nationality): merchant navy

Translations

Adjective

navy (comparative more navy, superlative most navy)

  2. Having the dark blue colour of navy blue.
  4. (military) Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.

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See also

  • (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English navy. See also the related navío.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneibi/ [ˈnei̯.β̞i]
  • Rhymes: -eibi

Noun

navy m (uncountable)

  1. navy (marine forces)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.


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