AYAH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AYAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AYAH?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AYAH is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AYAH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AYAH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AYAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does AYAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A nurse or maid employed in colonial India.
The ayah raised European children in India and often travelled to Britain with the family, where a great many were then abandoned. A home was opened in London specifically for those left behind.
How AYAH is used
Countable: an ayah, two ayahs. Historical.
- An ayah raised the children and rarely saw her own.
- The word ayah came into English through Portuguese.
- A home in London took in every ayah left behind.
- Two ayahs travelled with the same family and neither returned.
- The position of an ayah had no security at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AYAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AYAH
5 longer words begin with AYAH.
Words ending in AYAH
1 words end in AYAH. Useful as a back hook: play AYAH onto a word already on the board.
Words with AYAH inside
1 words contain AYAH in the middle. Words that start with AYAH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AYAH
Common questions about AYAH
- Is AYAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AYAH, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AYAH worth?
- AYAH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AYAH mean?
- A nurse or maid employed in colonial India.
- What letters can be added to AYAH?
- AYAH takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AYAH:
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