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Is prey a Scrabble word?

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

P3R1E1Y4

Is prey a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3R1E1Y4

Is prey a Words With Friends word?

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

P4R1E1Y3

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4-letter words (3 found)

PREY,PYRE,RYPE,

3-letter words (8 found)

PER,PRE,PRY,PYE,REP,RYE,YEP,YER,

2-letter words (4 found)

ER,PE,RE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from prey according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of prey

prey rpey pery epry repy erpy prye rpye pyre ypre rype yrpe peyr epyr pyer yper eypr yepr reyp eryp ryep yrep eyrp yerp

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

Definitions and meaning of prey

prey

Etymology

From Middle English preye, prei, preyȝe, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French preie, one of the variants of proie, from Latin praeda. Compare predator.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

prey (countable and uncountable, plural preys)

  1. That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured.
  2. A person or thing given up as a victim.
  3. A living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing.
  4. (archaic) Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war.
    Synonyms: spoil, booty, plunder
  5. (archaic) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
  6. The victim of a disease.

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Verb

prey (third-person singular simple present preys, present participle preying, simple past and past participle preyed)

  1. (intransitive) To act as a predator.

Related terms

  • prey on, prey upon, predate

Translations

References

  • “prey”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • pyre, rype

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