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Joy

Joy is a 3 letter word, used as a noun or as a verb, grade 1, with Middle English origins, and has the letters joy (joy). Starts with j, ends with y, two consonants, one vowel and one syllable. Joy is also a 1 syllable girl name.

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3 Letters
2 Consonants
1 Vowels
1 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use joy as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
About Joy
A 1 syllables noun and 3 letters with the letters j, o, and y, 2 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter o. Joy starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters j, jo, and the ending characters are y, oy, ..
Definition
Something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Joy is set as a grade one word that starts with j, ends with y, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 3 letters.
Scrabble
Is joy a scrabble word? A 13 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Joy in Pig Latin is said as "oyjay or oyjway".
Unigram
j | o | y
Bigram
jo | oy
Trigram
joy
Word Gram
Noun Examples
something or someone that provides pleasure;
a source of happiness;
"a joy to behold";
"the pleasure of his company";
"the new car is a delight"
the emotion of great happiness
Verb Examples
make glad or happy
feel happiness or joy

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Joy"

There are 366 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 joy.

SynonymDefinition
Adamstreet names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
Adorelove intensely
"he just adored his wife"
Affinitya natural attraction or feeling of kinship
"an affinity for politics"
"the mysterious affinity between them"
"James''s affinity with Sam"
Airtravel via aircraft
"air travel involves too much waiting in airports"
"if you''ve time to spare go by air"
Allurethe power to entice or attract through personal charm
Allurementthe act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
Amusemake (somebody) laugh
"The clown amused the children"
Animategive new life or energy to
"A hot soup will revive me"
"This will renovate my spirits"
"This treatment repaired my health"
Apotheosisthe elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
Appositenessappropriateness
"the phrase had considerable aptness"

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from joy.
Anagram Definition
Joysomething or someone that provides pleasure
a source of happiness
"a joy to behold"
"the pleasure of his company"
"the new car is a delight"

View English words with the unique letters used in joy. Words With The Letters Joy

Derives

Joy derives from 6 words.
Word Definition
Delightsomething or someone that provides pleasure
a source of happiness
"a joy to behold"
"the pleasure of his company"
"the new car is a delight"
Enjoytake delight in
"he delights in his granddaughter"
Gladdenbecome glad or happy
Joysomething or someone that provides pleasure
a source of happiness
"a joy to behold"
"the pleasure of his company"
"the new car is a delight"
Pleasegive pleasure to or be pleasing to
"These colors please the senses"
"a pleasing sensation"
Revelunrestrained merrymaking

Hypernyms

Joy has 1 hypernyms.
Word Definition
Positive Stimulus

Names With The Word "Joy"

56 names are spelled with joy.

NameMaleFemale
JoyceYesYes
JoyNoYes
JoyeYesYes
JoycieNoNo
JoycelynYesYes

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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 joy.

Is joy a scrabble word or can you use joy in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 10106 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 11382 games. This 3 letter 13 point scrabble word can be rearranged 6 ways. What other words can be made with the letters j, o, and y? There's 2 with 5 letters or less with the letters j, o, and y. Here is a list of 2 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Joy (3 letters) 13 14 joy
Joyce (5 letters) 17 +4 19 +5 joyce

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