flay

Plural: flays

Verb

Verb Forms: flayed, flaying, flays

To strip skin off; to criticize severely.
strip the skin off
To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
To frighten; scare; terrify.
To be fear-stricken.
To strip the skin off; to skin.
To lash or whip.

Noun

A fright; a scare.
Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.

Examples

His opponent would FLAY him verbally if he made another bad play in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English flayen, flaien, fleien, from Old English *flīeġan ("to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"; found only in compounds: āflīeġan), from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną (“to let fly, cause to fly”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”).

Synonyms

fleece, flense, skin

Scrabble Score: 10

flay: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
flay: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flay: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

flay: valid Words With Friends Word