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Is quay a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word quay is a Scrabble US word. The word quay is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

Q10U1A1Y4

Is quay a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word quay is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

Q10U1A1Y4

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Yes. The word quay is a Words With Friends word. The word quay is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

QUAY,

3-letter words (2 found)

AYU,QUA,

2-letter words (3 found)

AY,YA,YU,

You can make 6 words from quay according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of quay

quay uqay qauy aquy uaqy auqy quya uqya qyua yqua uyqa yuqa qayu aqyu qyau yqau ayqu yaqu uayq auyq uyaq yuaq ayuq yauq

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

Definitions and meaning of quay

quay

Etymology 1

The current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (at least originally) not the pronunciation of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English kay, key, kaye, keye, from Old French kay, cail, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“field”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of hedge.

Alternative forms

  • cay

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kiː/ enPR: kē
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /keɪ/
  • (US) enPR: kē, IPA(key): /kiː/, /keɪ/, /kweɪ/
  • Rhymes: -iː, -eɪ
  • Homophone: key

Noun

quay (plural quays)

  1. (nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Scottish Gaelic: cidhe
  • → Bulgarian: кей (kej)
  • → Macedonian: кеј (kej)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: кеј
  • → Serbo-Croatian: kej
Translations

Verb

quay (third-person singular simple present quays, present participle quaying, simple past and past participle quayed)

  1. To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".

See also

  • dock; pier; float; cay; harbour, harbor; mole; riprap; wharf

Etymology 2

Adjective

quay (comparative quayer, superlative quayest)

  1. (MLE) Alternative spelling of qway (“far”)

Adverb

quay (comparative quayer, superlative quayest)

  1. (MLE) Alternative spelling of qway (“far”)

References

  • “quay”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • quya

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kweː.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwaj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwaj˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [waj˧˧]

Verb

quay • (𢮿, 虧, 𢵴, 乖, 怪, 外)

  1. to turn; to revolve; to swivel
    Synonym: xoay
  2. to whirl; to reverse; to turn back
  3. to spit roast
  4. (by extension) to film
  5. (by extension, transitive) to dial (a phone number)
    quay số 9-1-1 ― to dial 9-1-1

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Source: wiktionary.org