4 Letters
3 Consonants
1 Vowels
1 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use prey as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
About Prey
A 1 syllables noun and 4 letters with the letters e, p, r, and y, 3 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letters re. Prey starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pr, pre, and the ending characters are y, ey, rey, ..
Definition
Animal hunted or caught for food
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Prey is set as a kindergarten word that starts with p, ends with y, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 4 letters.
Scrabble
Is prey a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Prey in Pig Latin is said as "eypray or eyprway".
Unigram
p | r | e | y
Bigram
pr | re | ey
Trigram
pre | rey
Quadrigram
prey
Word Gram
Noun Examples
animal hunted or caught for food
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;
"he fell prey to muggers";
"everyone was fair game";
"the target of a manhunt"
Verb Examples
prey on or hunt for;
"These mammals predate certain eggs"
profit from in an exploitatory manner;
"He feeds on her insecurity"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Prey"

There are 386 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to prey.

SynonymDefinition
Abysma bottomless gulf or pit
any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
Abyssa bottomless gulf or pit
any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
Aimthe action of directing something at an object
"he took aim and fired"
Amazebe a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"
"Got me--I don''t know the answer!"
"a vexing problem"
"This question really stuck me"
Angry Walk
Annihilatekill in large numbers
"the plague wiped out an entire population"
Avulseseparate by avulsion
Bafflea flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
Bamboozleconceal one''s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
"He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
Banka flight maneuver
aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
"the plane went into a steep bank"

View all cognitive synonyms for Prey

Anagrams

There are 2 anagrams from prey.

Anagram Definition
Preyanimal hunted or caught for food
Pyrewood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite

View English words with the unique letters used in prey. Words With The Letters Epry

Derives

Prey derives from 3 words.

Word Definition
Predateestablish something as being earlier relative to something else
Preyanimal hunted or caught for food
Ravenlarge black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

Hypernyms

Prey has 6 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Animala living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Animate Being
Beasta living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Brutea living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Creaturea living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Faunaa living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Names With The Word "Prey"

2 names are spelled with prey.

NameMaleFemale
PreyaYesYes
PreyasiNoYes

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word prey.

Is prey a scrabble word or can you use prey in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 13615 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 14738 games. This 4 letter 9 point scrabble word can be rearranged 24 ways. What other words can be made with the letters e, p, r, and y? There's 13 with 6 letters or less with the letters e, p, r, and y. Here is a list of 13 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Apery (5 letters) 10 +1 10 +1 peary
Prayer (6 letters) 11 +2 11 +2 prayer
Prey (4 letters) 9 9 pyre
Perry (5 letters) 10 +1 10 +1 eprry
Pyre (4 letters) 9 9 pyre
Payer (5 letters) 10 +1 10 +1 peary
Peary (5 letters) 10 +1 10 +1 peary
Percy (5 letters) 12 +3 13 +4 percy
Cypre (5 letters) 12 +3 13 +4 percy
Repay (5 letters) 10 +1 10 +1 peary
Prepay (6 letters) 13 +4 14 +5 prepay
Creepy (6 letters) 13 +4 14 +5 creepy
Papery (6 letters) 13 +4 14 +5 prepay





     

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