HAYS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. HAYS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAYS?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAYS is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAYS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HAYS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HAYS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What stands out about HAYS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 HAYS mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To cut and dry grass into fodder, or to dry out while still standing, as expressed by the third-person singular form hays of the verb hay.
Hays adds the regular verb ending to hay, describing what a farmer does each summer when a field of grass hays into stored fodder for the winter. The same word historically also named a country dance with a winding, interweaving pattern, though today the farming sense is the more familiar one.
How HAYS is used
Rarely used outside farming contexts, since hay usually appears as a mass noun rather than a verb.
- The farmer hays the lower field every June without fail.
- He hays the meadow early to beat the coming rain.
- She hays the small paddock herself, without hired help.
- The grass hays quickly once the weather turns dry and warm.
- Every August the old man hays a strip along the fence line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAYS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HAYS
The 4 tiles of HAYS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with HAYS
6 longer words begin with HAYS.
Words ending in HAYS
5 words end in HAYS. Useful as a back hook: play HAYS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in HAYS
Common questions about HAYS
- Is HAYS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAYS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAYS worth?
- HAYS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAYS mean?
- To cut and dry grass into fodder, or to dry out while still standing, as expressed by the third-person singular form hays of the verb hay.
- What letters can be added to HAYS?
- HAYS takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HAYS:
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