Scrabble & Words with friends points
- stay is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
- stay is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
- stay is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6
Definition of stay
- hang on during a trial of endurance (verb)
Synonyms
- last out
- outride
- ride out
- stay the same; remain in a certain state (verb)
Examples
- stay alone
Synonyms
- remain
- rest
- stay put (in a certain place) (verb)
Examples
- We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati
Synonyms
- stay put
- stick
- stick around
- the state of inactivity following an interruption (noun)
Examples
- the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
Synonyms
- arrest
- check
- halt
- hitch
- stop
- stoppage
- dwell (verb)
Examples
- You can stay with me while you are in town
- stay a bit longer--the day is still young
Synonyms
- abide
- bide
- overcome or allay (verb)
Synonyms
- appease
- quell
- stop or halt (verb)
Examples
- Please stay the bloodshed!
Synonyms
- delay
- detain
- continue in a place, position, or situation (verb)
Examples
- After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser
Synonyms
- continue
- remain
- stay on
- stay behind (verb)
Examples
- The smell stayed in the room
Synonyms
- persist
- remain
- a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted (noun)
Examples
- the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court
- a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) (noun)
- continuing or remaining in a place or state (noun)
Examples
- they had a nice stay in Paris
- a lengthy hospital stay
- a four-month stay in bankruptcy court
- fasten with stays (verb)
- (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar (noun)
- stop a judicial process (verb)
Examples
- The judge stayed the execution order
- remain behind ()
Examples
- I had to stay at home and watch the children
See definition of stay in Merriam Webster