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Is soy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word soy is a Scrabble US word. The word soy is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is soy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word soy is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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3-letter words (2 found)

OYS,SOY,

2-letter words (4 found)

OS,OY,SO,YO,

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

All 3 letters words made out of soy

soy osy syo yso oys yos

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Definitions and meaning of soy

soy

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

1670s, from Dutch soja, from Satsuma Japanese 醤油 (そい, soi) [soj] (a variant of standard Japanese 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)). Doublet of shoyu.

Noun

soy (usually uncountable, plural soys)

  1. A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
    Synonym: (US) soy sauce
  2. (uncountable, often attributive) Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.
Alternative forms
  • (UK) soya
Derived terms
Translations
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Adjective

soy (comparative more soy, superlative most soy)

  1. (Internet slang, derogatory) Characteristic of a soy boy; weak, unmasculine, etc.

Verb

soy (third-person singular simple present soys, present participle soying, simple past and past participle soyed)

  1. (intransitive, Internet slang, derogatory, uncommon) Synonym of soy out (to act in the manner of a soy boy).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French soie (silk), soye, from Middle French soye, from Old French soie, earlier seie, from Latin sēta, saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (to bind). Doublet of seta.

Noun

soy (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) Silk.
Usage notes
  • Typically used in the phrase "silken soy".

References

Anagrams

  • YSO, yos

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *sōy. Cognate with Uyghur سوي (soy).

Pronunciation

Noun

soy (definite accusative soyu, plural soylar)

  1. stock (lineage, family, ancestry)
  2. extraction (origin or ancestry)
    Synonym: əsl
  3. family
    Synonym: ailə
  4. generation
    Synonym: nəsil

Declension

Derived terms

  • soyadı
  • soydaş

Descendants

  • ? Khalaj: soy

Further reading

  • “soy” in Obastan.com.

Middle French

Pronoun

soy

  1. oneself

Descendants

  • French: soi

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish so, from Latin sum (I am). For the addition of /-j/, compare doy, voy, estoy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoi/ [ˈsoi̯]
  • Rhymes: -oi
  • Syllabification: soy

Verb

soy

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ser

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *suHyús. Cognate with Tocharian A se, Old Armenian ուստր (ustr) and Ancient Greek υἱύς (huiús). Compare also the diminutive form soṃśke reflecting the alternative Proto-Indo-European root for "son".

Noun

soy m

  1. son

Related terms

  • soṃśke

See also

  • tkācer
  • pācer
  • mācer
  • procer
  • ṣer

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoj/
  • Hyphenation: soy

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صوی (soy), from Common Turkic *soy, compare Old Turkic [script needed] (soy).

Noun

soy (definite accusative soyu, plural soylar)

  1. ancestry
  2. descent
  3. family
  4. kin
  5. lineage
  6. sort
  7. tribe
  8. origin
  9. pedigree
  10. progeny
Declension
Synonyms
  • sülale
Derived terms
  • soyadı
  • soy ağacı
  • soydaş
  • soygaz
  • soykırım
  • soylu

Etymology 2

Verb

soy

  1. second-person singular imperative of soymak

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “soy”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Source: wiktionary.org