LEY is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LEY 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 LEY?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEY is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LEY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does LEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A field sown with grass for a few years before being ploughed again.
A ley is temporary by definition: grass is grown for two or three seasons to rest the soil and feed stock, then the field goes back to arable. A quite different ley is the supposed alignment of ancient sites, and that word was invented in 1921.
How LEY is used
Countable: a ley, two leys.
- The ley goes back to wheat next spring.
- A three-year ley puts more into the soil than it takes.
- They graze the ley and cut it once for hay.
- The other ley is a line on a map invented in 1921.
- A ley is grass with a date on it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LEY
The 3 tiles of LEY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LEY
5 longer words begin with LEY.
Words ending in LEY
Showing 24 of 67 words that end in LEY. Useful as a back hook: play LEY onto a word already on the board.
Words with LEY inside
Showing 24 of 136 words that contain LEY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LEY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LEY
Common questions about LEY
- Is LEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEY, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEY worth?
- LEY is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEY mean?
- A field sown with grass for a few years before being ploughed again.
- What letters can be added to LEY?
- LEY takes 5 hooks: 4 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LEY:
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