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n. - An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend. ²
n. - A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce. ²
n. - An assay. See Assay, n. ²
n. - To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try. ²
n. - To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay. ²

The word "essay" uses 5 letters: A E S S Y.

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Words formed by adding one letter before or after essay (in bold), or to aessy in any order:
e -   eyases   l -   lyases   m -   myases   r -   resays   sayers   s -   essays   t -   sayest   yeasts  

Shorter words found within essay:
ae   as   ass   ay   aye   ayes   ays   easy   es   ess   eyas   sae   say   says   sea   seas   ya   ye   yea   yeas   yes  

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