OUTSTAY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OUTSTAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTSTAY?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTSTAY is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTSTAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
outstaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTSTAY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OUTSTAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 463,182.
What does OUTSTAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To remain somewhere longer than someone else or longer than is welcome.
Guests who outstay their invitation tend to be remembered for it. The verb is most often heard in the stock phrase about outstaying a welcome, though it also fits races of endurance.
How OUTSTAY is used
Outstay usually takes a person or a period of permission as its object.
- The cousins began to outstay their welcome by the end of the second week.
- She hoped to outstay every other bidder in the long auction.
- No tourist is allowed to outstay a visa without a penalty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTSTAY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTSTAY
3 longer words begin with OUTSTAY.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTSTAY
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Common questions about OUTSTAY
- Is OUTSTAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTSTAY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTSTAY worth?
- OUTSTAY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTSTAY mean?
- To remain somewhere longer than someone else or longer than is welcome.
- What letters can be added to OUTSTAY?
- OUTSTAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OUTSTAY:
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