GAY is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAY?
| 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 GAY is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does GAY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Homosexual, especially of a man.
Gay meant cheerful for six centuries and the change is recent and complete: the older sense is now unusable without explanation, which is rare for a shift this fast. The word was chosen by the people it describes rather than applied to them, and that is why it displaced the clinical terms.
How GAY is used
Before and after the noun. Also a noun, chiefly in the plural.
- The older sense of gay survives only in quotation.
- A gay bar in that street had been there since 1975.
- She writes about gay history and its gaps.
- The word gay was adopted rather than imposed.
- Two gay characters and neither of them dies, which was new.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GAY
The 3 tiles of GAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GAY
18 longer words begin with GAY.
Words ending in GAY
7 words end in GAY. Useful as a back hook: play GAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with GAY inside
8 words contain GAY in the middle. Words that start with GAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GAY
Common questions about GAY
- Is GAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAY worth?
- GAY is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAY mean?
- Homosexual, especially of a man.
- What letters can be added to GAY?
- GAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GAY:
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