MAY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAY?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAY is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does MAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To be allowed to, or to be possible.
May carries permission and possibility at the same time, and English keeps them apart by tone rather than by grammar. The month and the hawthorn blossom share the spelling and have nothing to do with the verb, which is why every writer eventually makes the same joke about it.
How MAY is used
Modal verb; the past form is might.
- You may go when the bell rings and not before.
- It may rain and it may not.
- She may well be right about that.
- The may was out along the whole hedge.
- One may argue either way and most people do.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MAY
The 3 tiles of MAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MAY
Showing 24 of 54 words that begin with MAY.
Words ending in MAY
2 words end in MAY. Useful as a back hook: play MAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with MAY inside
21 words contain MAY in the middle. Words that start with MAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MAY
Common questions about MAY
- Is MAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAY worth?
- MAY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAY mean?
- To be allowed to, or to be possible.
- What letters can be added to MAY?
- MAY takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MAY:
Open MAY in the Word Finder