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Definitions of decoy
v. t. - To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net. ²
n. - Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait. ²
n. - A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot. ²
n. - A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them. ²
n. - A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection. ²

The word "decoy" uses 5 letters: C D E O Y.

Direct anagrams of decoy:
  coyed

Words formed by adding one letter before or after decoy (in bold), or to cdeoy in any order:
i -   dioecy   k -   yocked   l -   cloyed   m -   comedy   s -   decoys   z -   zydeco  

Shorter words found within decoy:
cod   code   coed   coy   de   deco   dey   do   doc   doe   dye   ed   od   ode   oe   oy   ye   yo   yod  

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