ESTRAY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ESTRAY 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 ESTRAY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESTRAY is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESTRAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
estraysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ESTRAY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ESTRAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about ESTRAY
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 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 ESTRAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A tame animal found wandering with no owner in sight, especially in the sense used by old law.
In English common law an estray was a horse, sheep or cow that had strayed from its owner and could be claimed by the lord of the manor if nobody came forward within a set time. The word is a sibling of stray, both going back to the same Old French source. Outside legal history it is occasionally used for any wanderer who has lost the way.
How ESTRAY is used
Legal and historical; very rare in current speech.
- The bailiff recorded the brown mare as an estray.
- An estray had to be announced at the market before it could be sold.
- No farmer in the parish claimed the estray.
- The lord of the manor kept every estray that lay unclaimed for a year.
- She felt like an estray in the crowded station.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESTRAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESTRAY
The 6 tiles of ESTRAY in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with ESTRAY
3 longer words begin with ESTRAY.
Shorter words from the letters in ESTRAY
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Common questions about ESTRAY
- Is ESTRAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESTRAY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESTRAY worth?
- ESTRAY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESTRAY mean?
- A tame animal found wandering with no owner in sight, especially in the sense used by old law.
- What letters can be added to ESTRAY?
- ESTRAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ESTRAY:
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