5 Letters
3 Consonants
2 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use essay as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
About Essay
A 2 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters a, e, s, and y, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter s. Essay starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters e, es, ess, essa, and the ending characters are y, ay, say, ssay, . Essay is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
Definition
A tentative attempt
Origin/Roots
Middle French
School Grade
Essay is set as a sat word that starts with e, ends with y, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 5 letters.
Scrabble
Is essay a scrabble word? A 8 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Essay in Pig Latin is said as "essayay or essayway".
Unigram
e | s | s | a | y
Bigram
es | ss | sa | ay
Trigram
ess | ssa | say
Quadrigram
essa | ssay
Word Gram
Noun Examples
a tentative attempt
an analytic or interpretive literary composition
Verb Examples
make an effort or attempt;
"He tried to shake off his fears";
"The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps";
"The police attempted to stop the thief";
"He sought to improve himself";
"She always seeks to do good in the world"
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;
"This approach has been tried with good results";
"Test this recipe"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Essay"

There are 276 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 essay.

SynonymDefinition
Acid Test
Approachthe act of drawing spatially closer to something
"the hunter''s approach scattered the geese"
Approachingthe act of drawing spatially closer to something
"the hunter''s approach scattered the geese"
Articleone of a class of artifacts
"an article of clothing"
Asidea message that departs from the main subject
Assaya quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components
frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
Attacka decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
Attemptthe act of attacking
"attacks on women increased last year"
"they made an attempt on his life"
Authorshipthe act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
"the authorship of the theory is disputed"
Autographa person''s own signature

View all cognitive synonyms for Essay

Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from essay.

Anagram Definition
Essaya tentative attempt

View English words with the unique letters used in essay. Words With The Letters Aesy

Derives

Essay derives from 5 words.

Word Definition
Assaya quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components
frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
Attemptthe act of attacking
"attacks on women increased last year"
"they made an attempt on his life"
Essaya tentative attempt
Seekthe movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
Tryearnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
"made an effort to cover all the reading material"
"wished him luck in his endeavor"
"she gave it a good try"

Hypernyms

Essay has 5 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Attemptthe act of attacking
"attacks on women increased last year"
"they made an attempt on his life"
Efforta notable achievement
"he performed a great deed"
"the book was her finest effort"
Endeavorearnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
"made an effort to cover all the reading material"
"wished him luck in his endeavor"
"she gave it a good try"
Endeavourearnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
"made an effort to cover all the reading material"
"wished him luck in his endeavor"
"she gave it a good try"
Tryearnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
"made an effort to cover all the reading material"
"wished him luck in his endeavor"
"she gave it a good try"

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 essay.

Is essay a scrabble word or can you use essay in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 58092 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 39300 games. This 5 letter 8 point scrabble word can be rearranged 60 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, e, s, and y? There's 5 with 7 letters or less with the letters a, e, s, and y. Here is a list of 5 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Essay (5 letters) 8 7 essay
Eyas (4 letters) 7 6 easy
Easy (4 letters) 7 6 easy
Say Aye (7 letters)
Say Yes (7 letters)





     

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