APAYD is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. APAYD is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept APAYD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APAYD is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APAYD
No single letter turns APAYD into another word.
How APAYD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in APAYD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does APAYD mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Satisfied, pleased, or content, an old form now spelled apaid in most surviving texts.
Apayd comes from the medieval verb apay, to satisfy or content, and it turns up chiefly in older poetry and romance where a knight or lady is said to be well apayd with an outcome. Modern English replaced the whole word family with satisfied and content.
How APAYD is used
Found only in older or deliberately archaic writing, never in modern speech.
- He rode home well apayd with the day's bargain.
- The old verse calls the king right apayd with his gift.
- She seemed apayd once the debt had been settled.
- Apayd at last, the merchant closed his ledger.
- The chronicle says the court was apayd with the treaty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APAYD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in APAYD
Common questions about APAYD
- Is APAYD valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and APAYD is not in it.
- How many points is APAYD worth?
- APAYD is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APAYD mean?
- Satisfied, pleased, or content, an old form now spelled apaid in most surviving texts.
- What letters can be added to APAYD?
- No single letter can be added to APAYD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of APAYD:
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