CAY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CAY 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 CAY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAY is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does CAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A low island or reef of sand and coral.
Cay is the same word as key in the Florida sense, and both came from Spanish by way of the Caribbean. Which spelling a map uses depends on who surveyed it, and the sound is identical either way — the two forms have been arguing on charts for two centuries.
How CAY is used
Countable: a cay, two cays. Also spelled key in place names.
- The cay is under water at the highest tides.
- A cay of that size supports one tree and no fresh water.
- They anchored off the cay and swam ashore.
- The chart writes cay and the guidebook writes key.
- Two cays lie a mile apart and neither is named.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAY
8 longer words begin with CAY.
Words ending in CAY
1 words end in CAY. Useful as a back hook: play CAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with CAY inside
15 words contain CAY in the middle. Words that start with CAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAY
Common questions about CAY
- Is CAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAY worth?
- CAY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAY mean?
- A low island or reef of sand and coral.
- What letters can be added to CAY?
- CAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CAY:
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