DELAY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DELAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DELAY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DELAY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DELAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
delaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DELAY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DELAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about DELAY
- 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 DELAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To put something off until a later time, or to make someone or something late or slow.
A person can delay a decision by postponing it, or a train can be delayed by bad weather, making it arrive later than planned; both uses share the same basic idea of pushing something back in time. As a noun, a delay is the resulting period of lateness itself, as in a two-hour delay at the airport. The word also appears in electronics, where a delay is the gap between a signal being sent and being received.
How DELAY is used
Used as both verb and noun; as a noun it is countable when referring to a specific instance, as in several delays.
- Heavy snow forced the airline to delay every afternoon flight.
- She tried to delay the meeting until Monday.
- A signal delay caused the video call to lag noticeably.
- The bridge repairs caused a lengthy delay for commuters.
- He refused to delay the announcement any further.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DELAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DELAY
The 5 tiles of DELAY in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DELAY
9 longer words begin with DELAY.
Words ending in DELAY
2 words end in DELAY. Useful as a back hook: play DELAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with DELAY inside
4 words contain DELAY in the middle. Words that start with DELAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DELAY
Common questions about DELAY
- Is DELAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DELAY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DELAY worth?
- DELAY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DELAY mean?
- To put something off until a later time, or to make someone or something late or slow.
- What letters can be added to DELAY?
- DELAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DELAY:
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