What DECOY Means
- noun: a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
- noun: something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- verb: lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DECOY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 C3 O1 Y4.
Anagrams of DECOY (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In DECOY
24 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (5)
3 letter words (11)
2 letter words (8)
Longer Words Containing DECOY
DECOY appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.