DAY is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAY?
| 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 DAY is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
daysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does DAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The time between sunrise and sunset, or a period of 24 hours.
The two senses sit awkwardly together and English has never resolved them: a working day is one thing and three days is quite another. Almost every language does the same, which suggests the trouble is in the world rather than in the words.
How DAY is used
Countable: a day, two days.
- The day was gone before anything got done.
- Three days later the same letter arrived again.
- A working day is eight hours and a day is twenty-four.
- In summer the day runs to sixteen hours up there.
- Two days is enough for the whole journey.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DAY
The 3 tiles of DAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DAY
Showing 24 of 96 words that begin with DAY.
Words ending in DAY
Showing 24 of 34 words that end in DAY. Useful as a back hook: play DAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with DAY inside
Showing 24 of 50 words that contain DAY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DAY
Common questions about DAY
- Is DAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAY, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAY worth?
- DAY is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAY mean?
- The time between sunrise and sunset, or a period of 24 hours.
- What letters can be added to DAY?
- DAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DAY:
Open DAY in the Word Finder