The word forestay is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • forestay n. (Nautical) A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship.
  • forestay v. (Transitive) To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay.
  • forestay v. (Transitive) To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand; forestall; prevent.

27 valid words from 3 definitions

AS BEFOREHAND BOW BOWSPRIT DELAY EXTENDS FASTEN FOREMAST FORESTALL FORESTAY FROM HINDER NAUTICAL OF OR POSTPONE PREVENT SAILING SECURE SHIP STAY THAT THE TO TOP TRANSITIVE WITH

17 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AY ES EST FOR FORE FORES FOREST OR ORE ORES RE RES REST ST STAY TA TAY

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AT ATS ER OF SER YA

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

FORESTAL FORESTRY

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

FORESAY

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

FORESTAYS FORESTAYSAIL FORESTAYSAILS

One anagram plus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+S FORESTAYS

One anagram minus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-T FORESAY

Scrabble scoring

  • 14 points.

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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