fay
Plural: fays
Noun
- a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
- A fairy.
- A white person.
Verb
Verb Forms: fayed, faying, fays
- To join or fit closely together, as planks of wood.
- To fit.
- To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.
- Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
- To fadge.
- To cleanse; clean out.
Adj
- Fitted closely together.
- Fairy like.
- White; white-skinned.
Examples
- He tried to FAY the letters together, but nothing seemed to connect in Scrabble.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Saterland Frisian fougje (“to join, add”), West Frisian foegje (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), German Low German fögen (“to join, add”), German fügen (“to connect”), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang.
Scrabble Score: 9
fay: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfay: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fay: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary