CRAYS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. CRAYS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CRAYS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRAYS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRAYS
Front hooks — 1
scraysBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CRAYS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CRAYS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about CRAYS
- 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 CRAYS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
Freshwater crayfish, called cray in Australia and New Zealand, in the plural.
Cray is the Australian and New Zealand clipping, and down there it covers the marine one as well — what the rest of the world calls a rock lobster. Crays in the plural is what a licence and a bag limit are written in terms of, so the word appears in regulations far more than in cookery.
How CRAYS is used
Plural of cray. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand.
- The limit is four crays a day and it is enforced.
- They pulled the pots and found two crays in six.
- Crays of that size take years to grow.
- The season for crays opens in November.
- He sells crays at the gate and keeps no records.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRAYS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRAYS
The 5 tiles of CRAYS in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in CRAYS
1 words end in CRAYS. Useful as a back hook: play CRAYS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in CRAYS
Common questions about CRAYS
- Is CRAYS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CRAYS is not in it.
- How many points is CRAYS worth?
- CRAYS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRAYS mean?
- Freshwater crayfish, called cray in Australia and New Zealand, in the plural.
- What letters can be added to CRAYS?
- CRAYS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CRAYS:
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