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Is pays a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pays is a Scrabble US word. The word pays is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

P3A1Y4S1

Is pays a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pays is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

P3A1Y4S1

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Yes. The word pays is a Words With Friends word. The word pays is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (4 found)

PAYS,PYAS,SPAY,YAPS,

3-letter words (11 found)

ASP,AYS,PAS,PAY,PYA,SAP,SAY,SPA,SPY,YAP,YAS,

2-letter words (4 found)

AS,AY,PA,YA,

You can make 19 words from pays according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of pays

pays apys pyas ypas ayps yaps pasy apsy psay spay aspy sapy pysa ypsa psya spya yspa sypa aysp yasp asyp sayp ysap syap

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Definitions and meaning of pays

pays

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /peɪz/
  • Rhymes: -eɪz

Verb

pays

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pay

Noun

pays

  1. plural of pay

Anagrams

  • APYs, AsPy, aspy, pyas, spay, yaps

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French païs, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”), derived from Latin pāgus (“countryside; district”).

See related terms. Cognates include Italian paese. Borrowed into Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish as país. Cognates in regional languages in France: Norman payis, Gallo peïs, Picard poaiyis, Bourguignon paiyis, Franco-Provençal payis, Occitan país, Corsican paese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ.i/, /pe.i/, /pɛ.ji/, /pe.ji/

Noun

pays m (plural pays)

  1. land, country, region, nation
  2. (politics, geography) country

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: país
  • → Spanish: país
  • → Catalan: país

Further reading

  • “pays”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • païs
  • paÿs

Etymology

From Old French païs.

Noun

pays m (plural pays)

  1. land; country; region

Descendants

  • French: pays

Norman

Etymology

From Old French païs, from Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”), derived from Latin pāgus (“countryside; district”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pays m (plural pays)

  1. (Jersey) country

Derived terms

  • Les Pays Bas (“the Netherlands”)

Portuguese

Noun

pays m (plural payses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of país

Noun

pays m

  1. Obsolete spelling of pais

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpais/ [ˈpai̯s]
  • Rhymes: -ais
  • Syllabification: pays

Noun

pays m pl

  1. plural of pay

Source: wiktionary.org