BLAE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BLAE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLAE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLAE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLAE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLAE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BLAE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about BLAE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 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 BLAE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsdialect
Bluish-grey or bluish-black in colour, especially describing skin discoloured by cold or bruising.
Speakers of Scots and northern English dialects use blae for the dull, livid colour that cold, bruising or approaching death can give to skin, and also more generally for a flat blue-grey shade seen in sky, water or stone. There is no single ordinary English word that covers exactly the same shade, which is why blae has stayed in use in these dialects.
How BLAE is used
Regional; heard in Scotland and northern England rather than standard English.
- Her fingers turned blae in the biting wind.
- The hills looked blae under the heavy clouds.
- He noticed the blae bruise spreading along her arm.
- A blae mist hung over the loch at dawn.
- The old fisherman's lips had gone blae with cold.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLAE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BLAE
The 4 tiles of BLAE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with BLAE
5 longer words begin with BLAE.
Shorter words from the letters in BLAE
Common questions about BLAE
- Is BLAE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLAE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLAE worth?
- BLAE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLAE mean?
- Bluish-grey or bluish-black in colour, especially describing skin discoloured by cold or bruising.
- What letters can be added to BLAE?
- BLAE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BLAE:
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