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

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4-letter words (1 found)

VARY,

3-letter words (6 found)

ARY,RAV,RAY,RYA,VAR,YAR,

2-letter words (3 found)

AR,AY,YA,

You can make 10 words from vary according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of vary

vary avry vray rvay arvy ravy vayr avyr vyar yvar ayvr yavr vrya rvya vyra yvra ryva yrva aryv rayv ayrv yarv ryav yrav

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Definitions and meaning of vary

vary

Etymology

From Middle English varien, from Old French varier, from Latin variō (“to change, alter, make different”), from varius (“different, various”); see various.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɛəɹi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɛəɹi/, /ˈvæɹi/, /ˈvɛɹi/
  • (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
  • (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger)
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹi
  • Homophone: very (accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)
  • Rhymes: -æɹi

Verb

vary (third-person singular simple present varies, present participle varying, simple past and past participle varied)

  1. (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
  2. (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
    • a. 1687, Edmund Waller, to Phyllis
      Gods, that never change their state, / Vary oft their love and hate.
  3. (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
  4. (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
  5. (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
  6. (transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
  7. (transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.
  8. (intransitive, obsolete) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.

Synonyms

  • (institute a change in): alter, change; See also Thesaurus:alter
  • (not to remain constant): fluctuate
  • (display differences): See also Thesaurus:differ
  • (make of different kinds): See also Thesaurus:diversify
  • (disagree): dissent, take exception

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Translations

Noun

vary (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) alteration; change.

Related terms

Further reading

  • “vary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “vary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • arvy

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvarɪ]

Noun

vary

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of var

Malagasy

Etymology

  • From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.
  • From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay (“rice plant”), from Proto-Austronesian *pajay (“rice plant”). Doublet of fary (“sugar cane”). Compare Ma'anyan parei, Javanese ꦥꦫꦶ (pari), Malay padi and Tagalog palay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /varʲ/

Noun

vary

  1. rice ((raw) seeds used as food)

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