CLAYS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CLAYS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLAYS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLAYS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLAYS
No single letter turns CLAYS into another word.
How CLAYS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CLAYS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What stands out about CLAYS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 CLAYS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Clay pigeons, the disc-shaped targets thrown into the air for shooters to aim at.
In shooting sport, clays is the everyday short name for the clay pigeon targets themselves, as in a round of clays or a day spent shooting clays. This sits alongside the older, more general sense of clays as plain lumps of the material clay, and context makes clear which is meant.
How CLAYS is used
Informal, used mainly around clay pigeon shooting rather than in general speech.
- They spent Saturday morning shooting clays at the range.
- The trap flung five clays across the field in quick succession.
- He missed his first three clays before finding his aim.
- The club runs a competition where shooters try to break the most clays.
- Bright orange clays are easier to spot against a grey sky.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLAYS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CLAYS
The 5 tiles of CLAYS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CLAYS
2 longer words begin with CLAYS.
Words ending in CLAYS
5 words end in CLAYS. Useful as a back hook: play CLAYS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in CLAYS
Common questions about CLAYS
- Is CLAYS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLAYS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLAYS worth?
- CLAYS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLAYS mean?
- Clay pigeons, the disc-shaped targets thrown into the air for shooters to aim at.
- What letters can be added to CLAYS?
- No single letter can be added to CLAYS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CLAYS:
Open CLAYS in the Word Finder