LAY is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAY?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAY is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does LAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To put something down carefully.
Lay takes an object and lie does not, and the confusion between them is permanent for one reason: the past of lie is lay. Anybody who says they are laying down is using a form that has been wrong for four centuries and shows no sign of losing.
How LAY is used
Transitive: lay the table. The intransitive verb is lie.
- Lay the papers on the desk and leave them.
- She lays the table before anybody else is up.
- They are laying a new floor in the hall.
- The hen lays four times a week in summer.
- To lay something needs an object and to lie does not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAY
Showing 24 of 55 words that begin with LAY.
Words ending in LAY
Showing 24 of 73 words that end in LAY. Useful as a back hook: play LAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with LAY inside
Showing 24 of 356 words that contain LAY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LAY
Common questions about LAY
- Is LAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAY, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAY worth?
- LAY is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAY mean?
- To put something down carefully.
- What letters can be added to LAY?
- LAY takes 7 hooks: 6 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LAY:
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