PALAY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. PALAY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PALAY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALAY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
palaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PALAY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PALAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does PALAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyrare
A small South Asian tree of the dogbane family, valued for its pale, ivory-like wood.
Palay is the common name for a tree native to South India and Sri Lanka whose fine, close-grained wood is pale enough to be carved like ivory, so people often simply speak of the ivory tree instead. Its bark and latex have also been used in traditional medicine and, in some regions, as a source of a rubber-like substance. The word rarely appears outside botanical glossaries and older accounts of South Asian plants.
How PALAY is used
Rare outside botanical writing about South Asian trees.
- Carvers prized palay wood for its ivory-like colour.
- The forest survey recorded several stands of palay.
- Palay bark appears in older lists of local remedies.
- The ivory tree is known locally simply as palay.
- Palay grows across parts of South India and Sri Lanka.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PALAY
The 5 tiles of PALAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PALAY
1 longer words begin with PALAY.
Shorter words from the letters in PALAY
Common questions about PALAY
- Is PALAY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PALAY is not in it.
- How many points is PALAY worth?
- PALAY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALAY mean?
- A small South Asian tree of the dogbane family, valued for its pale, ivory-like wood.
- What letters can be added to PALAY?
- PALAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PALAY:
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