BAY — 3 letter word
bay
The word bay has 3 letters: B, A, Y. It contains 1 vowel and 2 consonants. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Bay has 1 anagram: aby. As a adjective, it means "used of animals especially a horse, of a moderate reddish-brown color".
3 letter word "bay": B A Y — adjective
Scrabble score: 8 Words With Friends score: 8
Letter analysis of bay
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| Y | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
1 vowels, 2 consonants, 3 unique letters
Definition of bay
adjective
- used of animals especially a horse, of a moderate reddish-brown color "Your new horse has a beautiful bay coat. "
noun
- a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
- a small recess opening off a larger room Synonyms: alcove
- a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose "One of the crew opened the bomb bay."
- a compartment on a ship between decks
- the sound of a hound on the scent
- an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf Synonyms: embayment
- small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking Synonyms: true laurel, bay laurel, bay tree
verb
- to bark with prolonged noises, of dogs "Fluffy bayed all night." Synonyms: quest
- to utter in deep prolonged tones "I bayed at the moon."