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— English words —

• decoy n. A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
• decoy n. A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
• decoy n. Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
• decoy v. (Transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
• decoy v. (Intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

— English words, defined in German —

• decoy S. Eine Person oder Sache, die andere in eine Falle locken soll.
• decoy S. Jagd: ein von Jägern verwendetes echtes oder falsches Tier um Wildtiere anzulocken.

— English words, defined in French —

• decoy n. Objet qui attire dans une fausse direction, leurre.
• decoy v. Attirer dans une fausse direction.

44 English words from 5 English definitions

act add animal artifice attention away Can danger Deceptive decoy device draw enemy entrap example fake fire fire␣away for from game hunters important into Intransitive lead lure meant meant␣to military more net object person real sense snare somebody target this Transitive use used used␣to

10 English words from 4 foreign definitions

attire Attirer dans die direction Eine locken Objet Person Tier

20 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

andere anzulocken echtes ein eine Falle falsches fausse fausse␣direction Jagd Jägern leurre oder qui Sache soll une verwendetes von Wildtiere

16 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

decoys decoyed decoyer decoyers decoying decoyman decoymen decoyable decoy-duck decoy␣duck decoyings decoy-ducks decoy␣ducks decoyinine decoy␣effect decoy␣effects

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

undecoyed duck␣decoys

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

duck␣decoy

13 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

coy Coy dec Dec DEC dec- dec. Dec. deco Deco eco ECO eco-

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CED

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

coyed

10 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

acoyed cloyed comedy Croyde cytode decoys dioecy voyced yocked zydeco

18 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

code Code Cody coed COED co-ed Coey Coye deco Deco Deyo doey dyce Dyce ecod OECD Yedo yode

9 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

decay decky decon decor décor decos decry Deroy Devoy

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

deco Deco

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