estray
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- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 6
Definition of estray
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.
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noun
- An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.
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(archaic)Stray.
“[...] All the day / Had been a dreary one at best, and dim / Was settling to its close, yet shot one grim / Red leer to see the plain catch its estray.”
verb
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(archaic)To stray.
“With other Maids to fiſh upon the Shoar; Estrays apart, and leaves her Company”
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Etymology
From Middle English astrai, from Anglo-Norman estray, from the Old French verb estraier. Etymological doublet with stray.
Words you can make from estray
123 playable · top: STAYER (9 pts)
Best play stayer 9 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
20 words4-letter words
48 words- AERY 7 pts
- ARTY 7 pts
- AYES 7 pts
- EASY 7 pts
- EYAS 7 pts
- EYRA 7 pts
- RAYS 7 pts
- RYAS 7 pts
- RYES 7 pts
- STAY 7 pts
- STEY 7 pts
- STYE 7 pts
- TRAY 7 pts
- TREY 7 pts
- TYER 7 pts
- TYES 7 pts
- TYRE 7 pts
- YARE 7 pts
- YEAR 7 pts
- YEAS 7 pts
- ARES 4 pts
- ARSE 4 pts
- ARTS 4 pts
- ATES 4 pts
- EARS 4 pts
- EAST 4 pts
- EATS 4 pts
- ERAS 4 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- ETAS 4 pts
- RASE 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RATS 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- SATE 4 pts
- SEAR 4 pts
- SEAT 4 pts
- SERA 4 pts
- SETA 4 pts
- STAR 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TARS 4 pts
- TASE 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TEAS 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
- TSAR 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- AYE 6 pts
- AYS 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- SAY 6 pts
- STY 6 pts
- TRY 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YAS 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- YES 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATS 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SAT 3 pts
- SEA 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAS 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
2-letter words
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