Words Containing AY
Explore a range of words that include the letter AY, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring AY.
2 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| ay | 5 | - | - |
3 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| say | 6 | have or contain a certain wording or form | What does the law say? |
| way | 9 | space for movement | make way for |
| day | 7 | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside | the dawn turned night into day |
| may | 8 | thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America | - |
| pay | 8 | cancel or discharge a debt | pay up, please! |
| gay | 7 | homosexual or arousing homosexual desires | - |
| ray | 6 | a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation | - |
| lay | 6 | a narrative poem of popular origin | - |
| aye | 6 | - | - |
| jay | 13 | United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) | - |
| bay | 8 | a small recess opening off a larger room | - |
| yay | 9 | a branch of the Tai languages | - |
| kay | 10 | - | - |
| hay | 9 | convert (plant material) into hay | - |
| nay | 6 | a negative | the nays have it |
| fay | 9 | a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers | - |
| tay | 6 | a branch of the Tai languages | - |
| cay | 8 | a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida | - |
| ays | 6 | - | - |
| ayu | 6 | - | - |
4 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| okay | 11 | in a satisfactory or adequate manner | she'll do okay on her own |
| away | 10 | out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) | pushed all doubts away |
| stay | 7 | hang on during a trial of endurance | - |
| play | 9 | contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Princeton plays Yale this weekend |
| days | 8 | the time during which someone's life continues | the monarch's last days |
| says | 7 | - | - |
| ways | 10 | structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired | - |
| pray | 9 | call upon in supplication; entreat | - |
| maya | 9 | a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas | - |
| gray | 8 | make grey | - |
| clay | 9 | the dead body of a human being | honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay |
| tray | 7 | an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food | - |
| sway | 10 | move back and forth or sideways | the tall building swayed |
| slay | 7 | kill intentionally and with premeditation | - |
| mayo | 9 | egg yolks and oil and vinegar | - |
| mays | 9 | United States baseball player (born in 1931) | - |
| shay | 10 | a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse | - |
| fray | 10 | a noisy fight | - |
| raya | 7 | - | - |
| quay | 16 | wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline | - |
| hays | 10 | United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954) | - |
| cray | 9 | - | - |
| flay | 10 | strip the skin off | - |
| bray | 9 | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | - |
| kayo | 11 | a blow that renders the opponent unconscious | - |
| ofay | 10 | - | - |
| spay | 9 | remove the ovaries of | Is your cat spayed? |
| dray | 8 | a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage | - |
| chay | 12 | - | - |
| rays | 7 | - | - |
| pays | 9 | - | - |
| tays | 7 | - | - |
| tway | 10 | - | - |
| yays | 10 | - | - |
| ayus | 7 | - | - |
| ayre | 7 | - | - |
| ayin | 7 | the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
| ayes | 7 | - | - |
| ayah | 10 | (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children | - |
| bayt | 9 | - | - |
| bays | 9 | - | - |
| baye | 9 | - | - |
| blay | 9 | - | - |
| alay | 7 | - | - |
| apay | 9 | - | - |
| cays | 9 | - | - |
| nays | 7 | - | - |
| lays | 7 | - | - |
| gays | 8 | - | - |
| fays | 10 | - | - |
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5 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| maybe | 12 | by chance | - |
| today | 9 | in these times | today almost every home has television |
| mayor | 10 | the head of a city government | - |
| stays | 8 | a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | - |
| delay | 9 | cause to be slowed down or delayed | Traffic was delayed by the bad weather |
| spray | 10 | a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | - |
| repay | 10 | make repayment for or return something | - |
| layer | 8 | an abstract place usually conceived as having depth | a simile has at least two layers of meaning |
| stray | 8 | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | - |
| essay | 8 | make an effort or attempt | The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps |
| decay | 11 | the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation | - |
| relay | 8 | electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit | - |
| array | 8 | align oneself with a group or a way of thinking | - |
| mayan | 10 | a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas | - |
| sayid | 9 | - | - |
| bayou | 10 | a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana) | - |
| playa | 10 | - | - |
| belay | 10 | fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat | - |
| alway | 11 | - | - |
| tokay | 12 | Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes | - |
| kayak | 16 | a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos | - |
| rayne | 8 | - | - |
| moray | 10 | family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked | - |
| payer | 10 | a person who pays money for something | - |
| noway | 11 | - | - |
| foray | 11 | a sudden short attack | - |
| chaya | 13 | - | - |
| rayon | 8 | a synthetic silklike fabric | - |
| assay | 8 | an appraisal of the state of affairs | they made an assay of the contents |
| dayan | 9 | Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981) | - |
| bayer | 10 | the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets | - |
| allay | 8 | satisfy (thirst) | - |
| satay | 8 | - | - |
| sayer | 8 | - | - |
| layup | 10 | a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard) | - |
| payee | 10 | a person to whom money is paid | - |
| mayst | 10 | - | - |
| splay | 10 | move out of position | - |
| scray | 10 | - | - |
| inlay | 8 | a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface | - |
| tayra | 8 | long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America | - |
| byway | 16 | a side road little traveled (as in the countryside) | - |
| trayf | 11 | - | - |
| xrays | 15 | - | - |
| ixnay | 15 | - | - |
| krays | 12 | - | - |
| ayaya | 11 | - | - |
| booay | 10 | - | - |
| zayin | 17 | the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
| wayed | 12 | - | - |
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6 letter words
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| always | 12 | at all times; all the time and on every occasion | I will always be there to help you |
| saying | 10 | a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | - |
| anyway | 15 | in any way whatsoever | get it done anyway you can |
| played | 12 | (of games) engaged in | the loosely played game |
| paying | 12 | yielding a fair profit | - |
| player | 11 | someone who takes part in an activity | he was a major player in setting up the corporation |
| prayer | 11 | earnest or urgent request | - |
| betray | 11 | disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake | - |
| subway | 14 | an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) | in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground' |
| laying | 10 | the production of eggs (especially in birds) | - |
| murray | 11 | Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915) | - |
| runway | 12 | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll | - |
| hooray | 12 | a victory cheer | - |
| mayday | 15 | an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider) | - |
| hurray | 12 | - | - |
| mayhem | 16 | violent and needless disturbance | - |
| astray | 9 | far from the intended target | a bullet went astray and killed a bystander |
| layout | 9 | a plan or design of something that is laid out | - |
| midday | 13 | the middle of the day | - |
| papaya | 13 | tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | - |
| slayer | 9 | someone who causes the death of a person or animal | - |
| payday | 15 | the day on which you receive pay for your work | - |
| midway | 15 | naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands | - |
| replay | 11 | the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape | - |
| cayman | 13 | a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly | - |
| payoff | 17 | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | - |
| strays | 9 | - | - |
| layman | 11 | someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | - |
| dismay | 12 | fear resulting from the awareness of danger | - |
| deejay | 17 | - | - |
| airway | 12 | the passages through which air enters and leaves the body | - |
| leeway | 12 | a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | - |
| heyday | 16 | the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | - |
| crayon | 11 | writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing | - |
| frayed | 13 | worn away or tattered along the edges | frayed cuffs |
| parlay | 11 | stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | - |
| sayers | 9 | English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957) | - |
| layoff | 15 | the act of laying off an employee or a work force | - |
| prepay | 13 | pay for something before receiving it | - |
| sunray | 9 | a ray of sunlight | - |
| skyway | 19 | a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another | - |
| outlay | 9 | the act of spending or disbursing money | - |
| mayfly | 17 | slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days | - |
| affray | 15 | a noisy fight | - |
| bayard | 12 | French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524) | - |
| mayest | 11 | - | - |
| spayed | 12 | (of a female animal) having the ovaries removed | - |
| payola | 11 | a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record | - |
| seaway | 12 | a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels | - |
| cayuse | 11 | a small native range horse | - |
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7 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| playing | 13 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
| staying | 11 | - | - |
| holiday | 14 | leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure | we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico |
| someday | 13 | - | - |
| highway | 20 | a major road for any form of motor transport | - |
| payment | 14 | the act of paying money | - |
| anyways | 16 | used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement | - |
| halfway | 19 | equally distant from the extremes | - |
| display | 13 | to show, make visible or apparent | National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship |
| railway | 13 | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | - |
| hallway | 16 | an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open | - |
| delayed | 12 | not as far along as normal in development | - |
| playboy | 17 | a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure | - |
| daytime | 13 | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside | it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime |
| freeway | 16 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
| runaway | 13 | someone who flees from an uncongenial situation | - |
| payback | 20 | the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | - |
| payroll | 12 | a list of employees and their salaries | the company had a long payroll |
| doorway | 14 | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | he stuck his head in the doorway |
| ashtray | 13 | a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes | - |
| getaway | 14 | the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration | - |
| playful | 15 | full of fun and high spirits | playful children just let loose from school |
| gateway | 14 | an entrance that can be closed by a gate | - |
| faraway | 16 | very far away in space or time | faraway mountains |
| faraday | 14 | the English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867) | - |
| daycare | 13 | childcare during the day while parents work | - |
| hearsay | 13 | gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth | - |
| portray | 12 | assume or act the character of | The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man |
| bayonet | 12 | a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon | - |
| haywire | 16 | not functioning properly | has gone completely haywire |
| wayward | 17 | resistant to guidance or discipline | wayward behavior |
| slaying | 11 | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | - |
| gangway | 15 | a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | - |
| payload | 13 | goods carried by a large vehicle | - |
| hayride | 14 | - | - |
| cayenne | 12 | plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red | - |
| pathway | 18 | a trodden path | - |
| payable | 14 | a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit | the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency |
| layered | 11 | with one layer on top of another | - |
| parkway | 19 | a wide scenic road planted with trees | - |
| decayed | 14 | damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless | a decayed foundation |
| headway | 17 | vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | - |
| beltway | 15 | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | - |
| daresay | 11 | - | - |
| weekday | 18 | any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday) | - |
| walkway | 20 | a path set aside for walking | - |
| hayward | 17 | - | - |
| wayside | 14 | edge of a way or road or path | flowers along the wayside |
| layover | 13 | a brief stay in the course of a journey | - |
| playoff | 18 | any final competition to determine a championship | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| birthday | 17 | the date on which a person was born | - |
| everyday | 18 | appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions | everyday clothes |
| nowadays | 15 | the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech | - |
| daylight | 16 | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside | - |
| betrayal | 13 | an act of deliberate betrayal | - |
| broadway | 17 | a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters | - |
| paycheck | 24 | a check issued in payment of wages or salary | - |
| sideways | 15 | to, toward or at one side | - |
| driveway | 18 | a road leading up to a private house | they parked in the driveway |
| underway | 15 | currently in progress | preparations for the trial are underway |
| foreplay | 16 | mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | - |
| betrayer | 13 | one who reveals confidential information in return for money | - |
| spraying | 14 | a quantity of small objects flying through the air | - |
| stairway | 14 | a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | - |
| doomsday | 15 | (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives | - |
| stingray | 12 | large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds | - |
| daybreak | 18 | the first light of day | - |
| haystack | 20 | a stack of hay | - |
| playtime | 15 | time for play or diversion | - |
| sayonara | 11 | a farewell remark | - |
| daydream | 15 | absentminded dreaming while awake | - |
| motorway | 16 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
| playback | 21 | electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material | - |
| taxpayer | 20 | someone who pays taxes | - |
| alleyway | 17 | a narrow street with walls on both sides | - |
| hideaway | 18 | a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws | - |
| giveaway | 18 | a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards | - |
| playbook | 19 | a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays | the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene |
| stowaway | 17 | a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage | - |
| disarray | 12 | bring disorder to | - |
| playmate | 15 | a companion at play | - |
| speedway | 17 | a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles | - |
| weekdays | 19 | - | - |
| crayfish | 19 | tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly | - |
| causeway | 16 | a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand | - |
| straying | 12 | unable to find your way | found the straying sheep |
| castaway | 16 | a shipwrecked person | - |
| takeaway | 18 | prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | in England they call takeout food `takeaway' |
| claymore | 15 | an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy | - |
| greenway | 15 | a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city | - |
| playroom | 15 | a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc) | - |
| dismayed | 15 | struck with fear, dread, or consternation | - |
| playgirl | 14 | - | - |
| wordplay | 17 | a humorous play on words | - |
| relaying | 12 | - | - |
| overstay | 14 | stay too long | overstay or outstay one's welcome |
| playlist | 13 | a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio | - |
| layabout | 13 | person who does no work | - |
| rockaway | 20 | - | - |
| waterway | 17 | a conduit through which water flows | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| yesterday | 16 | the day immediately before today | it was in yesterday's newspapers |
| displayed | 16 | - | - |
| portrayed | 15 | represented graphically by sketch or design or lines | - |
| daylights | 17 | - | - |
| mayflower | 20 | low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers | - |
| playhouse | 17 | plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of | - |
| repayment | 16 | the act of returning money received previously | - |
| portrayal | 14 | representation by drawing or painting etc | - |
| plaything | 18 | an artifact designed to be played with | - |
| swordplay | 18 | the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully | - |
| playfully | 20 | in a playful manner | she loosened the half-hoop of diamonds on her left hand third finger and held it out to him playfully |
| ayatollah | 15 | a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well | - |
| hairspray | 17 | - | - |
| throwaway | 21 | thrown away | throwaway children living on the streets |
| horseplay | 17 | rowdy or boisterous play | - |
| breakaway | 21 | the act of breaking away or withdrawing from | there was a breakaway by the discontented members |
| panchayat | 19 | a village council in India or southern Pakistan | - |
| ayurvedic | 18 | - | - |
| jambalaya | 23 | spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery | - |
| ayahuasca | 17 | - | - |
| interplay | 14 | reciprocal action and reaction | - |
| playmaker | 20 | a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score | - |
| bayoneted | 15 | - | - |
| paymaster | 16 | a person in charge of paying wages | - |
| leastways | 15 | if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial) | - |
| haymaking | 22 | cutting grass and curing it to make hay | - |
| layperson | 14 | someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | - |
| waylaying | 19 | - | - |
| photoplay | 19 | - | - |
| repayable | 16 | subject to repayment | business loans are usually repayable in regular installments |
| dayshifts | 19 | - | - |
| daytrader | 14 | - | - |
| balayaged | 16 | - | - |
| balayages | 15 | - | - |
| barrasway | 17 | - | - |
| bayfronts | 17 | - | - |
| flysprays | 20 | - | - |
| graystone | 13 | - | - |
| graylists | 13 | - | - |
| grayheads | 17 | - | - |
| haycation | 17 | - | - |
| galloways | 16 | - | - |
| fourplays | 17 | - | - |
| gaycation | 15 | - | - |
| daysailor | 13 | - | - |
| daysailer | 13 | - | - |
| daysailed | 14 | - | - |
| daycation | 15 | - | - |
| traycloth | 17 | - | - |
| traybakes | 18 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| screenplay | 17 | a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets | - |
| playground | 17 | an area where many people go for recreation | - |
| mayonnaise | 15 | egg yolks and oil and vinegar | - |
| chardonnay | 19 | white wine grape | - |
| expressway | 25 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
| playwright | 22 | someone who writes plays | - |
| bricklayer | 21 | a craftsman skilled in building with bricks | - |
| passageway | 19 | a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | - |
| ballplayer | 17 | an athlete who plays baseball | - |
| portraying | 16 | a representation by picture or portraiture | - |
| soothsayer | 16 | someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | - |
| overstayed | 17 | - | - |
| daydreamer | 17 | someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming | - |
| schooldays | 19 | the time of life when you are going to school | - |
| highwayman | 25 | a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | - |
| overlaying | 17 | - | - |
| cardplayer | 18 | - | - |
| nonpayment | 17 | the deliberate act of failing to pay money | he was indicted for nonpayment |
| prepayment | 19 | payment in advance | - |
| playacting | 18 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
| unplayable | 17 | not capable of or suitable for being played or played on | the golf ball was in an unplayable lie |
| playschool | 20 | a small informal nursery group meeting for half-day sessions | - |
| railwayman | 18 | an employee of a railroad | - |
| throughway | 23 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
| disarrayed | 15 | in disarray | disarrayed bedclothes |
| gainsayers | 14 | - | - |
| gainsaying | 15 | - | - |
| foresaying | 17 | - | - |
| forelaying | 17 | - | - |
| essayistic | 15 | - | - |
| essayettes | 13 | - | - |
| endplaying | 17 | - | - |
| embayments | 19 | - | - |
| drainlayer | 14 | - | - |
| drayhorses | 17 | - | - |
| doomsdayer | 17 | - | - |
| doomsaying | 17 | - | - |
| doomsayers | 16 | - | - |
| downplayed | 20 | - | - |
| dismayling | 17 | - | - |
| displayers | 16 | - | - |
| displaying | 17 | - | - |
| manslayers | 15 | - | - |
| panchayats | 20 | - | - |
| overswayed | 20 | - | - |
| overstayer | 16 | - | - |
| overplayed | 19 | - | - |
| overpaying | 19 | - | - |
| outstaying | 14 | - | - |
| outplaying | 16 | - | - |
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