HAY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAY?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAY is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does HAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Grass cut and dried for animal feed.
Hay is dried and silage is not, and that single difference decides everything about how each one is made and stored. Making hay needs several dry days in a row, which is why the advice about doing it while the sun shines is farming instruction before it is a proverb.
How HAY is used
Uncountable: a bale of hay. Also a verb — to hay a field.
- The hay was in before the rain, which was luck.
- A bale of hay weighs more wet than anybody wants.
- They cut the hay a week late and paid for it.
- Hay that has heated in the barn is a fire risk.
- Make hay while the sun shines is advice, not a saying.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HAY
The 3 tiles of HAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HAY
Showing 24 of 51 words that begin with HAY.
Words ending in HAY
5 words end in HAY. Useful as a back hook: play HAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with HAY inside
Showing 24 of 31 words that contain HAY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HAY
Common questions about HAY
- Is HAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAY worth?
- HAY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAY mean?
- Grass cut and dried for animal feed.
- What letters can be added to HAY?
- HAY takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HAY:
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