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Is reply a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word reply is a Scrabble US word. The word reply is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

R1E1P3L1Y4

Is reply a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word reply is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

R1E1P3L1Y4

Is reply a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word reply is a Words With Friends word. The word reply is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1P4L2Y3

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5-letter words (2 found)

PLYER,REPLY,

4-letter words (7 found)

LERP,LYRE,PREY,PYRE,RELY,RYPE,YELP,

3-letter words (13 found)

LEP,LEY,LYE,PEL,PER,PLY,PRE,PRY,PYE,REP,RYE,YEP,YER,

2-letter words (5 found)

EL,ER,PE,RE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from reply according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of reply

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Definitions and meaning of reply

reply

Etymology

From Middle English replyen, replien, borrowed from Old French replier (“to reply”), from the Latin replicō, replicāre (“I fold back”) (in Late or Medieval Latin "to reply, repeat"), from re + plicō (“I fold”); the noun derives from the verb by nominalisation. Doublet of replicate and replica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈplaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Hyphenation: re‧ply

Verb

reply (third-person singular simple present replies, present participle replying, simple past and past participle replied)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
    (intransitive) Please reply to my letter.
    (transitive) "Sorry I'm late," replied the student.
    (transitive) He replied that he was not sure.
  2. (intransitive) To act or gesture in response.
    Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.
  3. (intransitive) To repeat something back; to echo.

Synonyms

  • respond, answer, retort, answer back, react, rejoin, counter, return, revert, follow up, get back to

Translations

Noun

reply (plural replies)

  1. A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
  2. Something given in reply.
  3. A counterattack.
  4. (music) The answer of a figure.
  5. (US, law) A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.

Synonyms

  • answer, comeback, response, retort, return, account, rejoinder, riposte, reaction

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Derived terms

Anagrams

  • lepry, plyer

Source: wiktionary.org