Ray

/ɹeɪ/

Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:5 pts3 letters
Definition of Ray

noun

  1. A beam of light or radiation.

    "I saw a ray of light through the clouds."

  2. A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
  3. One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
  4. A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
  5. Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.

verb

  1. To emit something as if in rays.
  2. To radiate as if in rays.
Anagrams of Ray

2 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "ray":

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "ray" and rearranging:

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Ray"

Ray is a 3-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "ray" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.

Using "Ray" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "ray" is a low-scoring word.