ray: Information About The Word 'ray'

ray is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc.

The word 'ray' is made up of 3 letters.

• (n) a column of light (as from a beacon)
• (n) a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
• (n) (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
• (n) a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
• (n) the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
• (n) any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish
• (n) cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
• (v) emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"
• (v) extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiates spines in all directions"
• (v) expose to radiation; "irradiate food"

Using the word 'ray' in Scrabble will fetch you 6 points while using it in Words with Friends will fetch you 5 points (without taking into consideration the effect of any multipliers).

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