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Is palsy a Scrabble word?

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

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Is palsy a Scrabble UK word?

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

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

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5-letter words (4 found)

PALSY,PLAYS,SPLAY,SPYAL,

4-letter words (13 found)

ALPS,LAPS,LAYS,PALS,PALY,PAYS,PLAY,PYAS,SALP,SLAP,SLAY,SPAY,YAPS,

3-letter words (20 found)

ALP,ALS,ASP,AYS,LAP,LAS,LAY,PAL,PAS,PAY,PLY,PYA,SAL,SAP,SAY,SLY,SPA,SPY,YAP,YAS,

2-letter words (6 found)

AL,AS,AY,LA,PA,YA,

You can make 43 words from palsy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of palsy

palsy aplsy plasy lpasy alpsy lapsy pasly apsly psaly spaly asply saply plsay lpsay pslay splay lspay slpay alspy laspy aslpy salpy lsapy slapy palys aplys plays lpays alpys lapys payls apyls pyals ypals aypls yapls plyas lpyas pylas yplas lypas ylpas alyps layps aylps yalps lyaps ylaps pasyl apsyl psayl spayl aspyl sapyl paysl apysl pyasl ypasl aypsl yapsl psyal spyal pysal ypsal sypal yspal asypl saypl ayspl yaspl syapl ysapl plsya lpsya pslya splya lspya slpya plysa lpysa pylsa yplsa lypsa ylpsa psyla spyla pysla ypsla sypla yspla lsypa slypa lyspa ylspa sylpa yslpa alsyp lasyp aslyp salyp lsayp slayp alysp laysp aylsp yalsp lyasp ylasp asylp saylp ayslp yaslp syalp ysalp lsyap slyap lysap ylsap sylap yslap

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Definitions and meaning of palsy

palsy

Etymology 1

From Middle English palesie, from Anglo-Norman paralisie, parleisie et al., from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”), from παρα- (para-, “beside”) + λύω (lúō, “loosen”). Doublet of paralysis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔːlzi/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːlzi

Noun

palsy (countable and uncountable, plural palsies)

  1. (pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
    • c. 1620,, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
      The palsie plagues my pulses
      when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen
      your culuers take, or matchles make
      your Chanticleare or sullen
    Synonym: paralysis
Alternative forms
  • palsie (obsolete)
Derived terms
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Verb

palsy (third-person singular simple present palsies, present participle palsying, simple past and past participle palsied)

  1. To paralyse, either completely or partially.
    • 1831, William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator, To The Public [1]
      In the month of August, I issued proposals for publishing "THE LIBERATOR" in Washington city; but the enterprise, though hailed in different sections of the country, was palsied by public indifference.

See also

  • apoplexy

Etymology 2

From pals +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpælzi/

Adjective

palsy (comparative more palsy, superlative most palsy)

  1. (colloquial) Chummy, friendly.

Further reading

  • “palsy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “palsy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “palsy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • plays, splay, spyal

Source: wiktionary.org