DERAY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DERAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DERAY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DERAY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DERAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
deraysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DERAY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DERAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about DERAY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 DERAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicScots
A state of disorder, confusion, or riotous merrymaking.
Deray comes from an old French-derived English word close in shape to disarray, and it named both physical disorder and boisterous revelry, such as a wedding feast that got out of hand. Older Scots and English writers used deray for scenes of confusion on a battlefield as well as for noisy, chaotic celebration. The word survives now mainly in dialect glossaries and historical or literary writing rather than everyday speech.
How DERAY is used
Archaic and Scots; encountered chiefly in older texts and dialect word lists rather than modern conversation.
- The wedding feast ended in complete deray, with tables overturned and dancers howling with laughter.
- Chroniclers described the retreating army falling into deray as the lines broke apart.
- Such deray filled the hall that no one could hear the piper over the shouting.
- The old ballad speaks of a deray so wild that the candles were knocked from their sconces.
- Historians note that fairs of the period often ended in deray once the ale ran freely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DERAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DERAY
The 5 tiles of DERAY in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with DERAY
3 longer words begin with DERAY.
Shorter words from the letters in DERAY
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Common questions about DERAY
- Is DERAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DERAY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DERAY worth?
- DERAY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DERAY mean?
- A state of disorder, confusion, or riotous merrymaking.
- What letters can be added to DERAY?
- DERAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DERAY:
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