Definitions for waylay

waylay way·lay

Spelling: [wey-ley, wey-ley]
IPA: /ˈweɪˌleɪ, weɪˈleɪ/

Waylay is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in waylay (aalwyy).

Definitions for waylay

verb (used with object)

  1. to intercept or attack from ambush, as in order to rob, seize, or slay.
  2. to await and accost unexpectedly:

Origin of waylay

1505-15; way1 + lay1, after Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wegelagen to lie in wait, derivative of wegelage a lying in w

Examples for waylay

But Rose did not dare, and then there was Martin ready to waylay her.

I warn you that I shall lay all manner of traps, waylay your messengers, bribe them.

The little house was quiet and dark with no one to waylay them.

"I will," cried Paul, hurrying across the corridor to waylay his chum.

Dick hurried out by the front to waylay Will, but encountered Uncle Abram.

If you can intercept her before she gets there, or waylay her when she leaves, why there you are.

The huntsmen, hearing of it, stole out privately to waylay him in a snare.

The question is—Have they passed the place, where it was intended to waylay them?

They began to waylay and butcher white men and women and children.

I am ordered to send this berserk with a troop of nineteen men to waylay thee.

Word Value for waylay
Scrable

15

Words with friends

14

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