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inlay
noun
1. A design, pattern, or decoration made by inlaying.
2. Contrasting material set into a surface in pieces to form a design.
3. Dentistry A solid filling, as of gold or porcelain, fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place.
4. work or a decorative inlaid pattern.
5. A tooth filling shaped to fit a cavity and then cemented into place.
verb
1. To set into a surface or ground material.
2. To adorn with insertions.
3. To insert (as a color plate) into a mat or other reinforcement.
4. To rub, beat, or fuse (as wire) into an incision in metal, wood, or stone.
verb-transitive
1. To decorate by setting in such designs.
2. To insert (a photograph, for example) within a mat in a book.
3. To set (pieces of wood or ivory, for example) into a surface, usually at the same level, to form a design.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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inlay | 8 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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al | 2 |
ya | 5 |
na | 2 |
li | 2 |
la | 2 |
in | 2 |
ai | 2 |
an | 2 |
ay | 5 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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lin | 3 |
yin | 6 |
nil | 3 |
nay | 6 |
ani | 3 |
lay | 6 |
ail | 3 |
ain | 3 |
any | 6 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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lain | 4 |
liny | 7 |
inly | 7 |
ayin | 7 |
nail | 4 |
anil | 4 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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inlay | 8 |
layin | 8 |