PAY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PAY 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 PAY?
| 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 PAY 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 PAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What stands out about PAY
- The same 3 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 PAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To give money for goods, work or a debt.
Pay comes from a Latin verb meaning to pacify, by way of the idea that a settled debt keeps the peace. The nautical sense — to pay a seam with pitch — is a different word entirely, and it is where English got the phrase about the devil to pay.
How PAY is used
Transitive. The past is paid.
- They pay on the last Friday of the month.
- He pays cash and asks for a receipt anyway.
- Paying twice for the same thing is nobody's idea of a bargain.
- The seams were payed with pitch before the boat went in.
- It does not pay to argue at that hour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PAY
The 3 tiles of PAY in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PAY
Showing 24 of 59 words that begin with PAY.
Words ending in PAY
10 words end in PAY. Useful as a back hook: play PAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with PAY inside
Showing 24 of 60 words that contain PAY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PAY
Common questions about PAY
- Is PAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAY worth?
- PAY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAY mean?
- To give money for goods, work or a debt.
- What letters can be added to PAY?
- PAY takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PAY:
Open PAY in the Word Finder