estray
Plural: estrays
Noun
- An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.
- Stray.
Verb
Verb Forms: estrayed, estraying, estrays
- To stray or wander from the proper place or course.
- To stray.
Examples
- His letters seemed to ESTRAY across the rack, making it hard to form coherent words.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English astrai, from Anglo-Norman estray, from the Old French verb estraier. Etymological doublet with stray.
Scrabble Score: 9
estray: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordestray: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
estray: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
estray: valid Words With Friends Word