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Is delay a Scrabble word?

Yes, delay is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of delay?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (music) An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.Examples: "The 8-bit sound quality of many early delays did indeed leave a lot to be desired (compare this to the 16-bit digital technology of CDs)"countableuncountable

2. (programming, Clojure) Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).Synonyms: promisecountableuncountable

3. (chess) An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.countableuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive)Examples: "My lord delayeth his coming."Synonyms: adjourn, defer, forslow, penelopize, postpone, put off, put on ice, suspendtransitive

2. (transitive)Examples: "The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow."; "Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold."Synonyms: belatetransitive

3. (intransitive) To wait, hesitate, tarry.Examples: "Don't delay; this special offer ends at midnight!"; "Don't delay Something tells me I gotta go away"Synonyms: procrastinateintransitive

4. (transitive, obsolete) To allay; to temper.Examples: "The watery showers delay the raging wind."Synonyms: calmobsoletetransitive

verb (English)

1. (obsolete) To dilute, temper.obsolete

2. (obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.Examples: "Those dreadfull flames she also found delayd / And quenched quite like a consumed torch […]."obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "delay"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "delay"?

Scrabble
9 points
D2
E1
L1
A1
Y4
Words With Friends
9 points
D2
E1
L2
A1
Y4

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