ASTRAY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ASTRAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASTRAY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASTRAY is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASTRAY
No single letter turns ASTRAY into another word.
How ASTRAY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ASTRAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about ASTRAY
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ASTRAY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Away from the right path or direction, either on the ground or in conduct.
The word is nearly always paired with go or lead: a lost letter goes astray, and a bad companion may lead a young person astray. It carries an idea of drifting from a proper course rather than being deliberately lost. Its older cousin is stray, which comes from the same source and still describes animals that wander off.
How ASTRAY is used
Used literally for things that go missing and figuratively for moral or logical error.
- The sheep had gone astray in the fog.
- Bad advice led him astray.
- One letter went astray in the mail.
- Their plans went astray when the rain began.
- A single wrong number can lead the whole sum astray.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASTRAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASTRAY
The 6 tiles of ASTRAY in a different order — 3 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ASTRAY
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Common questions about ASTRAY
- Is ASTRAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASTRAY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASTRAY worth?
- ASTRAY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASTRAY mean?
- Away from the right path or direction, either on the ground or in conduct.
- What letters can be added to ASTRAY?
- No single letter can be added to ASTRAY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ASTRAY:
Open ASTRAY in the Word Finder