trey

noun

ˈtrā 

plural treys

1

: a shot in basketball that counts for three points

2

: a card numbered three or having three main pips

3

: the side of a die or domino that has three spots

Examples of trey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After draining six treys in Sunday’s overtime road win against the Washington Mystics, the French guard set the all-time Liberty franchise record for the most three-pointers made in the first two games of the season. —Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026

Faced with elimination in Game 6, Johnson dropped 27 points, eight boards and five treys on the Wolves. —Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 9 May 2026

Julian Champagnie, who missed a potential game-winning 3 in Game 1, was strutting all over the court while hitting 4 of 6 treys in Game 2. —Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 7 May 2026

James knocked the ball away for the steal, eventually got it back, and drained a trey with 13 seconds remaining for the gut punch to send the game to overtime. —Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English treye, treis, from Anglo-French trei, treis three, from Latin tres — more at three

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Rhymes for trey

• ay
• bay
• bey
• brae
• cay
• chez
• dey
• dray
• fay
• fey
• flay
• fray

Kids Definition

trey

noun

ˈtrā 

plural treys

: a card or dice with three spots