BAY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAY?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAY is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does BAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A wide curve of coast, or the barking of a hound.
Several unrelated words are spelled bay: the coast, the hound, the tree whose leaves go into a stew, and the space in a building or a vehicle. English has kept all four without confusion because they almost never turn up in the same kind of sentence.
How BAY is used
Countable: a bay, two bays. Also a verb — hounds bay.
- The bay is sheltered from everything except the east.
- The hounds gave bay and the whole field turned.
- Put a bay leaf in and take it out before serving.
- The loading bay is round the back.
- Two bays of the barn had fallen in.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAY
The 3 tiles of BAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BAY
Showing 24 of 46 words that begin with BAY.
Words ending in BAY
6 words end in BAY. Useful as a back hook: play BAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with BAY inside
23 words contain BAY in the middle. Words that start with BAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAY
Common questions about BAY
- Is BAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAY worth?
- BAY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAY mean?
- A wide curve of coast, or the barking of a hound.
- What letters can be added to BAY?
- BAY takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BAY:
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