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Is ready a Scrabble word?

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

R1E1A1D2Y4

Is ready a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1E1A1D2Y4

Is ready a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ready is a Words With Friends word. The word ready is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1A1D2Y3

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5-letter words (5 found)

DEARY,DERAY,RAYED,READY,YEARD,

4-letter words (18 found)

ADRY,AERY,ARED,AYRE,DARE,DEAR,DRAY,DREY,DYER,EARD,EYRA,RADE,READ,YARD,YARE,YEAD,YEAR,YERD,

3-letter words (21 found)

ARD,ARE,ARY,AYE,DAE,DAY,DEY,DRY,DYE,EAR,ERA,RAD,RAY,RED,RYA,RYE,YAD,YAE,YAR,YEA,YER,

2-letter words (12 found)

AD,AE,AR,AY,DA,DE,EA,ED,ER,RE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 57 words from ready according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of ready

ready erady raedy aredy eardy aerdy reday erday rdeay dreay edray deray radey ardey rdaey draey adrey darey eadry aedry edary deary adery daery reayd erayd raeyd areyd earyd aeryd reyad eryad ryead yread eyrad yerad rayed aryed ryaed yraed ayred yared eayrd aeyrd eyard yeard ayerd yaerd redya erdya rdeya dreya edrya derya reyda eryda ryeda yreda eyrda yerda rdyea dryea rydea yrdea dyrea ydrea edyra deyra eydra yedra dyera ydera radye ardye rdaye draye adrye darye rayde aryde ryade yrade ayrde yarde rdyae dryae rydae yrdae dyrae ydrae adyre dayre aydre yadre dyare ydare eadyr aedyr edayr deayr adeyr daeyr eaydr aeydr eyadr yeadr ayedr yaedr edyar deyar eydar yedar dyear ydear adyer dayer ayder yader dyaer ydaer

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Definitions and meaning of ready

ready

Translingual

Etymology

From English ready, from the English-language sequence on your marks, ready, set, go, of which only "ready" is used translingually.

Interjection

ready

  1. (sports) The command to make ready, regardless of language of competitors, used in multiple sports to get contestants to their marks in preparation to start.

Etymology

From Middle English redy, redi, rædiȝ, iredi, ȝerǣdi, alteration ( +‎ -y) of earlier irēd, irede, ȝerād (“ready, prepared”), from Old English rǣde, ġerǣde (also ġerȳde) ("prepared, prompt, ready, ready for riding (horse), mounted (on a horse), skilled, simple, easy"), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaz, *raidijaz, from base *raidaz (“ready”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁dʰ-, *h₂reh₁- (“to count, put in order, arrange, make comfortable”) and also probably conflated with Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride”) in the sense of "set to ride, able or fit to go, ready". Cognate with Scots readie, reddy (“ready, prepared”), West Frisian ree (“ready”), Dutch gereed (“ready”), German bereit (“ready”), Danish rede (“ready”), Swedish redo (“ready, fit, prepared”), Norwegian reiug (“ready, prepared”), Icelandic greiður (“easy, light”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “arranged, ordered”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rĕd'i, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛd.i/
  • Homophone: reddy
  • Hyphenation: read‧y
  • Rhymes: -ɛdi

Adjective

ready (comparative readier, superlative readiest)

  1. Prepared for immediate action or use.
  2. Inclined; apt to happen.
  3. Liable at any moment.
  4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.
    Synonyms: dexterous, prompt, easy, expert
  5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.

Synonyms

  • good to go

Antonyms

  • unready

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Verb

ready (third-person singular simple present readies, present participle readying, simple past and past participle readied)

  1. (transitive) To prepare; to make ready for action.

Synonyms

  • yark

Translations

Noun

ready (countable and uncountable, plural readies)

  1. (slang) Ready money; cash.

Related terms

  • already

Translations

Anagrams

  • Yarde, dayer, deary, deray, rayed, yeard

Source: wiktionary.org