Definitions For Sley

Adjective

Verb

(transitive, weaving) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.

Related terms

sleave sleid

Noun

SLEY (plural SLEYs) reed (of a loom) A guideway in a knitting machine. : (Knight) (weaving) The number of ends per inch in the cloth, provided each dent in the reed in which it was made contained an equal number of ends. : (E. Whitworth)

Etymology

From Middle English slay, from .

Anagrams

Slye, leys, lyes, lyse, sely, syle

Middle English

Is Sley a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
7

The word Sley is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends

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