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Is whey a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word whey is a Scrabble US word. The word whey is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

W4H4E1Y4

Is whey a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word whey is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

W4H4E1Y4

Is whey a Words With Friends word?

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

WHEY,

3-letter words (8 found)

HEW,HEY,HYE,WEY,WHY,WYE,YEH,YEW,

2-letter words (5 found)

EH,EW,HE,WE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from whey according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of whey

whey hwey wehy ewhy hewy ehwy whye hwye wyhe ywhe hywe yhwe weyh ewyh wyeh yweh eywh yewh heyw ehyw hyew yhew eyhw yehw

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

Definitions and meaning of whey

whey

Alternative forms

  • whig (dialectal)
  • whay (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English whey, wheye, whei, from Old English hwǣġ, hwæiġ, hwæġ, hweġ (“whey”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”) (compare Saterland Frisian Waai, Woaie, West Frisian waai, Dutch wei, Low German Wei, German Low German Wei), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up, build”) (compare Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ, “order”), Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to pile up, make”), Sanskrit कय (káya, “every one”)).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hwā, wā, IPA(key): /hweɪ/, /weɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Homophones: way, weigh, wey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

whey (usually uncountable, plural wheys)

  1. The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.

Coordinate terms

  • curds

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Middle English

Alternative forms

  • wheyy, whei, wheye, wheyȝe, wey, whay, qwhey, weyȝe, whaye, wege

Etymology

From Old English hwǣġ, hwæiġ, hwæġ, hweġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hwæi̯/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /wæi̯/, /xwæi̯/

Noun

whey (uncountable)

  1. The leftovers from milk curdled during cheesemaking; whey.
  2. (rare) The result of strained almond milk.

Descendants

  • English: whey (whig)
  • Scots: quhaye, quhay, quhey, whey, fey

References

  • “whei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-01.

Source: wiktionary.org