y 4 e 1 s 1 t 1 e 1 r 1 d 2 a 1 y 4
9 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the day immediately before today
noun the recent past
adverb on the day preceding today
originFrom Middle English yesterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, ȝisterdai, from Old English ġiestrandæġ, ġister dæġ, ġestor dæġ, ġeostran dæġ (“yesterday”), by surface analysis, yester- + day. Cognate with Scots yisterday, yesterday (“yesterday”), Saterland Frisian jässendeeg, järsendeges (“yesterday”, adverb), West Frisian justerdei (“yesterday”), Dutch gisterdag (“yesterday”), dialectal German gestertag…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- estrayed 12
- yeasty 12
- strayed 11
- yeasted 11
- yesty 11
- derays 10
- dryest 10
- redyes 10
- stayed 10
- steady 10
- eyry 10
- yays 10