NAY is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. NAY 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 NAY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAY is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
naysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does NAY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
No — the word still called out to reject a proposal in a formal roll-call vote.
A legislator who answers nay is not merely disagreeing but casting a vote that goes into the permanent record, which is why the word survives in parliaments long after everyday speech dropped it for no. An older, separate habit puts nay in the middle of a sentence to push a claim further — he was pleased, nay delighted — where it works as emphasis rather than as refusal.
How NAY is used
Also a noun — the ayes and the nays.
- The vote was thirty ayes and eleven nays.
- He was surprised, nay astonished, by the figure.
- A nay in that chamber is recorded by name.
- The word nay in a sentence is doing period work.
- Two nays and the motion still passed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NAY
The 3 tiles of NAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NAY
13 longer words begin with NAY.
Words ending in NAY
8 words end in NAY. Useful as a back hook: play NAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with NAY inside
14 words contain NAY in the middle. Words that start with NAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NAY
Common questions about NAY
- Is NAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAY, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAY worth?
- NAY is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAY mean?
- No — the word still called out to reject a proposal in a formal roll-call vote.
- What letters can be added to NAY?
- NAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NAY:
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