OKAY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OKAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OKAY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OKAY is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OKAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OKAY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OKAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What stands out about OKAY
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OKAY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
All right; acceptable or satisfactory.
Okay is probably the best-travelled English word in the world and began as a deliberate misspelling in a Boston joke of 1839. A presidential campaign the following year fixed it in the language for good.
How OKAY is used
Also spelled OK. Adjective, adverb, noun and verb.
- The result was okay and nobody celebrated.
- The word okay began as a deliberate misspelling in 1839.
- They okayed the plan and forgot to tell anybody.
- A campaign in 1840 fixed okay in the language.
- Okay travels further than any other English word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OKAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OKAY
The 4 tiles of OKAY in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with OKAY
3 longer words begin with OKAY.
Words ending in OKAY
1 words end in OKAY. Useful as a back hook: play OKAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with OKAY inside
1 words contain OKAY in the middle. Words that start with OKAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OKAY
Common questions about OKAY
- Is OKAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OKAY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OKAY worth?
- OKAY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OKAY mean?
- All right; acceptable or satisfactory.
- What letters can be added to OKAY?
- OKAY takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OKAY:
Open OKAY in the Word Finder