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Term: lay-up

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "lay-up": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

  1. Term
  2. lay-up

lay-up

Definitions

Noun

  1. A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "lay-up".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 lay-up 2 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "lay-up".

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Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "lay-up".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 lay 1 139
2 lap 1 19
3 layout 2 6
4 make-up 2 5
5 playful 2 3
6 slap 1 2
7 yup 1 0
8 let-up 2 0
9 lauper 2 0
10 lau 1 0
11 whay-yu 2 0
12 wake-up 2 0
13 playpen 2 0
14 line-up 2 0
15 layouts 2 0
16 ladybug 3 0
17 cleanup 2 0
18 back-up 2 0
19 slay 1 0
20 raup 1 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "lay-up" in a sentence.

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Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "lay-up" in a sentence.

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Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "lay-up" in the same piece of text.

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Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "lay-up".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 let-up 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 1

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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Zeljko Obradovic questions referees' decision in Lundberg's layup attempt
Jul 9, 2026 BasketNews.com
The Layup Drill
Jun 3, 2026 Northwest Asian Weekly
Jalen Brunson mocks Josh Hart over missed layup that nearly doomed Knicks
Jun 15, 2026 New York Post
76ers’ Tyrese Maxey adds insult to Celtics injury with flashy reverse layup
Apr 21, 2026 Yahoo Sports
De’Aaron Fox’s fateful decision haunts the Spurs after devastating Game 4 loss
Jun 11, 2026 The New York Times
De'Aaron Fox's Explanation Of His Game-Changing Blown Lay-Up Makes The Spurs PG Look Worse
Jun 11, 2026 BroBible
De'Aaron Fox explains brutal missed layup behind historic Spurs Game 4 collapse
Jun 10, 2026 BasketNews.com

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