Fraying

7 lettersverbmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Present participle of fray, meaning wearing away or becoming threadbare at the edges, or becoming strained and deteriorated through stress.

“The cuffs of his old jacket were fraying badly after years of daily wear.”

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Synonyms

unravellingwearingthinningfrazzlingeroding

Antonyms

strengthening mendingreinforcing

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Ends in -ING and contains the AY vowel pair, one of the most common English vowel combinations

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Scrabble

Worth 14 points, the Y scores 4 and the F adds 4, giving two high-value tiles in a neat seven-letter word

Words Related to Fraying

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “fraying” to make these 7-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

braying draying flaying framing graying

Words you can make from Fraying

Shorter words formed from the letters in “fraying”.

faring faying fringy frying grainy raying agrin angry argin fagin fairy fangy frayn garni girny grain infra irfan nairy rainy rangy ringy agin airn

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