APPAY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. APPAY 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept APPAY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APPAY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APPAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APPAY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in APPAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does APPAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To satisfy, appease, or pay someone; an old verb related to appease.
Appay comes from the same Old French root as appease, and for centuries it covered both settling a debt and calming an angry person. Writers used appay where a modern writer would choose satisfy or pay off, and the word faded from ordinary use well before the twentieth century. It survives today mainly as an entry in older texts and word lists rather than in any living sentence.
How APPAY is used
Archaic; appears in older English texts and reference lists rather than in current speech or writing.
- The merchant hoped the coins would appay his creditor in full.
- Nothing she said could appay his growing suspicion.
- The old ballad tells how a single gift could appay a king.
- He offered service instead of coin to appay the debt.
- The knight sought to appay the lord with a grant of land.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APPAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APPAY
3 longer words begin with APPAY.
Shorter words from the letters in APPAY
Common questions about APPAY
- Is APPAY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and APPAY is not in it.
- How many points is APPAY worth?
- APPAY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APPAY mean?
- To satisfy, appease, or pay someone; an old verb related to appease.
- What letters can be added to APPAY?
- APPAY takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of APPAY:
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