Splay

/spleɪ/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:11 pts5 letters

Definition of Splay

noun

A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.

verb

To spread; spread out.
To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.
To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window etc.
To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.
To spay; to castrate.

adjective

Spread out; turned outward.
"to sit splay-legged"
Flat and ungainly.
"splay shoulders"

Anagrams of Splay

Exact Anagrams

2 words using all 5 letters:

Words You Can Make

34 words can be made from the letters in "splay":

5-LETTER WORDS

4-LETTER WORDS

alps laps lays pals paly pays play pyas salp slap slay spay yaps

3-LETTER WORDS

alp als asp ays lap las lay pal pas pay ply pya sal sap say+4 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

Related Word Patterns

SP...Words starting with "sp"...AYWords ending with "ay"All 5-letter words Unscramble "splay"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

broadendisplayspreadspread outwidendislocateslantslope

Rhyming Words

affray airplay airway aisleway alackaday allay alleyway alway antigay anyway archway areaway array ashtray assay+5 more

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