ray: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 6 letter points · starts with R · ends with Y
Meaning of ray
noun
A beam of light or radiation.
Example: I saw a ray of light through the clouds.
A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
Listed forms: rays.
Source: Wiktionary — ray.
verb
- transitive
To emit something as if in rays.
- intransitive
To radiate as if in rays.
- transitive
To expose to radiation.
Listed forms: rays, raying, rayed.
Source: Wiktionary — ray.
noun
Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like tails.
Listed forms: rays.
Source: Wiktionary — ray.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for ray.
noun
a column of light (as from a beacon)
- beam
- beam of light
- light beam
- ray of light
- shaft
- shaft of light
- irradiation
noun
a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
- beam
- electron beam
noun
the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
verb
extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is ray in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ray
R(1) + A(1) + Y(4) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of ray
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from ray
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in ray. Showing up to 24, longest first.