Prey

4 lettersnouncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

A person, animal, or group targeted for attack, persecution, or exploitation by a hostile force.

“The elderly residents became easy prey for the telephone scammers.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/preɪ/

Related Words

Synonyms

quarry target feed ravenpredate

Antonyms

predatorhunteraggressor

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Contains the REY pattern with Y as the final letter, P and R are common Wordle letters to confirm early

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Scrabble

Worth 9 points with the Y adding value and it hooks to PREYS, PREYED, and PREYING

Words Related to Prey

Anagrams of Prey

Words that use exactly the same letters as “prey”.

pyre

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “prey” to make these 4-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

brey drey frey grey pray prep prev

Add a letter to make a longer word

5-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “prey”.

apery crepy cypre grype hyper lepry payer peery percy perdy perky perry perty plyer predy prexy preys pryer pryse purey pyres pyrex repay reply

Longer words starting with Prey

Words that begin with “prey”.

preys preyed

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