pry
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Is pry a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive)Examples: "[W]omen haue eagles eyes, / To prie euen to the heart, and why not you?"; "[…] to elude, thus wrapt in miſt / Of midnight vapor glide obſcure, and prie / In every Buſh and brake, where hap may finde / The Serpent ſleeping, […]"; "And choice of studious friends had he / Of Bolton's dear fraternity: / […] / [I]n their cells with him did pry / For other lore,—through strong desire / Searching the earth with chemic fire: […]"intransitive
2. (intransitive)Examples: "Watch thou, and wake when others be aſleepe, / To prie into the ſecrets of the State, […]"; "We literary hacks are shameless creatures. I believe there's no secret of the human heart into which we wouldn't pry."figurativelyintransitive
3. (transitive, obsolete) To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.Examples: "The two ship's corporals went among the sailors by the names of Leggs and Pounce; […] Bland, the master-at-arms, ravished with their dexterity in prying out offenders, used to call them his two right hands."obsoletetransitive
noun (English)
1. (East Anglia, US) A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.Synonyms: prise, prize, prybar, pry barEast-AngliaUS
verb (English)
1. (figuratively) Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.Synonyms: quarry, wringfigurativelytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary