Definitions for the word, assay

(n.) Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.

(n.) Tested purity or value.

(n.) The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.

(n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.

(n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.

(n.) Trial; attempt; essay.

(v.) To affect.

(v.) To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.

(v.) To try tasting, as food or drink.

(v.) To try; to attempt; to apply.

(v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor.


9 words found in the Scrabble word, assay



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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