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Updated June 2026
To give work to someone in return for payment.
“The company will employ twenty new workers.”
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
em·ploy
Y ending with vowels E and O; M and P consonants.
Worth 13 points; Y at end worth 4 points.
Shorter words formed from the letters in “employ”.
7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “employ”.
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