RAY — 3 letter word
ray
The word ray has 3 letters: R, A, Y. It contains 1 vowel and 2 consonants. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Ray has 3 anagrams: rya, ary, yar. As a noun, it means "cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside".
3 letter word "ray": R A Y — noun
Scrabble score: 6 Words With Friends score: 5
Letter analysis of ray
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| Y | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
1 vowels, 2 consonants, 3 unique letters
Definition of ray
noun
- cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside
- any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
- the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization Synonyms: re
- a column of light (as from a beacon) Synonyms: irradiation
- a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation Synonyms: beam, electron beam
- a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
- (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
verb
- expose to radiation Synonyms: irradiate
- extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center Synonyms: radiate
- emit as rays "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"