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Is pray a Scrabble word?

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

P3R1A1Y4

Is pray a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3R1A1Y4

Is pray a Words With Friends word?

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

P4R1A1Y3

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4-letter words (1 found)

PRAY,

3-letter words (10 found)

ARY,PAR,PAY,PRY,PYA,RAP,RAY,RYA,YAP,YAR,

2-letter words (4 found)

AR,AY,PA,YA,

You can make 15 words from pray according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of pray

pray rpay pary apry rapy arpy prya rpya pyra ypra rypa yrpa payr apyr pyar ypar aypr yapr rayp aryp ryap yrap ayrp yarp

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Definitions and meaning of pray

pray

Etymology 1

From Middle English preien, from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French preier, proier (French prier), from Latin precārī, from prex, precis (“a prayer, a request”), from Proto-Italic *preks, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask, woo”).

Cognate via Indo-European of Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen, Dutch vragen. Compare deprecate, imprecate, precarious.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: prā, IPA(key): /pɹeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Homophone: prey

Verb

pray (third-person singular simple present prays, present participle praying, simple past and past participle prayed)

  1. (religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
  2. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
  3. (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
  4. To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
  5. (obsolete) To implore, to entreat, to request.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • precarious
Translations

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of I pray you, I pray thee, whence also prithee.

Adverb

pray (not comparable)

  1. (archaic or formal) Please; used to make a polite request
  2. Alternative form of pray tell (“I ask you (insincerely)”)

Middle English

Verb

pray

  1. Alternative form of preie

Source: wiktionary.org