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Date "NAY-WORD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Nay-word Pass-word. Slender in The Merry Wives of Windsor, says- "We have a nay-word how to know each other I come to her in white and cry Mum, she cries Budget, and by that we know one another"- Shakespeare. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "NAY-WORD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Ukrainian | прислів'я (byword, by-word, proverb), пароль (catchword, countersign, order word, parole, password, watchword, word), девіз (motto, watchword). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-n-o-r-w-y" | |
-1 letter: onward. | |
-2 letters: adorn, adown, downy, dowry, drawn, drown, noway, radon, randy, rayon, rowan, rowdy, wordy. | |
-3 letters: awny, awry, darn, dawn, dona, dory, down, draw, dray, nard, nary, orad, rand, road, roan, rynd, wady, wand, wany, ward, warn, wary, woad, word, worn, wynd, yard, yarn, yawn, yond. | |
-4 letters: ado, and, any, awn, daw, day, don. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-n-o-r-w-y" | |
+3 letters: downwardly, untowardly. | |
+4 letters: cordwainery. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 41 59 2D 57 4F 52 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000001 01011001 00101101 01010111 01001111 01010010 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N A Y - W O R D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0041 0059 002D 0057 004F 0052 0044 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4835591557495238 |
| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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