MAINSTAY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MAINSTAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAINSTAY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAINSTAY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAINSTAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mainstaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAINSTAY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MAINSTAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MAINSTAY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MAINSTAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The chief support of something; a person or thing on which others depend.
In its original nautical sense, a mainstay is the strong rope that steadies the mainmast of a sailing ship. The figurative meaning grew from that: a mainstay holds a team, a family or an economy in place.
How MAINSTAY is used
Mainstay is often used for a long-serving worker, a staple product or a steady source of income.
- Farming remained the mainstay of the local economy.
- She has been the mainstay of the choir for thirty years.
- Rice is the mainstay of the diet in the region.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAINSTAY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAINSTAY
1 longer words begin with MAINSTAY.
Shorter words from the letters in MAINSTAY
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Common questions about MAINSTAY
- Is MAINSTAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAINSTAY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAINSTAY worth?
- MAINSTAY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAINSTAY mean?
- The chief support of something; a person or thing on which others depend.
- What letters can be added to MAINSTAY?
- MAINSTAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MAINSTAY:
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