Boggledygook

Boggle Word Finder

PAY

3 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big too short
(min 4)
Super Big too short
(min 4)

PAY is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

PAYS-s 1 PAYING-ing 3 PAID 1 PAYED-ed 2

Might be on the same board

Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

PAYINGS 5
verb
  1. ambitransitiveTo give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
    • pay cash or pay in cash, pay by credit/debit card
    • pay in dollars/euros, etc.
    • How much will the job pay?
    • She is paying him to clean the place up.
    • He doesn't have money, but he pays rent in chores and housework.
    • He was paid off the books and in kind where possible.
  2. intransitivetransitiveTo deposit into an account.
    • I pay a portion of each paycheck into a savings account.
  3. ambitransitiveTo discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
    • to pay compensation, to pay a fine
    • She offered to pay the bill.
    • He is paying his debt to society.
    • He was allowed to go as soon as the kidnappers were paid.
  4. intransitivetransitiveTo be profitable; to be worth it.
    • It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more.
    • Crime doesn’t pay.
    • It will pay to wait.
  5. intransitiveTo cover, as a cost.
    • Those investments paid for her college education.
  6. transitiveTo yield as a benefit.
    • to pay dividends; to pay interest
    • You will get paid from this investment yearly.
  7. transitiveTo give (something else than money).
    • to pay attention, to pay tribute, to pay a visit
  8. intransitiveTo suffer consequences, especially justly.
    • He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn.
  9. transitiveTo admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
  10. transitiveTo cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
noun
  1. countableuncountableMoney given in return for work; salary or wages.
    • Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.
  2. countablerareA paying job; a paying concern.
adjective
  1. Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
    • pay toilet
  2. Pertaining to or requiring payment.
    • pay television