PAYOR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PAYOR 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 PAYOR?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAYOR is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAYOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
payorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAYOR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PAYOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does PAYOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A person, company, or institution that pays or is legally responsible for paying, especially in insurance, healthcare, or legal contexts.
A payor is most often an insurance company or government program that covers the cost of medical treatment on behalf of a patient, so hospital billing departments spend much of their time dealing directly with a payor rather than with the person actually treated. The word is closely related to payer, and the two spellings are largely interchangeable, though payor turns up more often in legal and healthcare documents while payer remains the more common form in everyday writing. Contracts sometimes name a specific payor responsible for a debt, distinguishing that party clearly from the payee who is entitled to receive the money.
How PAYOR is used
Common in legal, insurance, and healthcare writing, where it often refers to an insurance company or program rather than an individual.
- The hospital billed the insurance payor directly for the surgery.
- Contracts identify the payor responsible for each installment.
- Her healthcare payor denied the claim for the second treatment.
- The clinic tracks which payor covers each patient's visit.
- A dispute arose over which payor should cover the outstanding balance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAYOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAYOR
1 longer words begin with PAYOR.
Shorter words from the letters in PAYOR
Common questions about PAYOR
- Is PAYOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAYOR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAYOR worth?
- PAYOR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAYOR mean?
- A person, company, or institution that pays or is legally responsible for paying, especially in insurance, healthcare, or legal contexts.
- What letters can be added to PAYOR?
- PAYOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PAYOR:
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