PRAY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PRAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRAY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRAY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRAY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PRAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does PRAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To address a god in words.
Pray and prey are homophones built on entirely different Latin words, one about entreating and one about seizing. Nothing but chance made them sound identical in English.
How PRAY is used
Prayed, prays. Compare prey.
- They prayed in silence for a quarter of an hour.
- The word pray comes from a Latin one about entreating.
- Pray and prey sound alike by pure chance.
- She prayed for weather and got none.
- Nothing connects pray to the other spelling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRAY
14 longer words begin with PRAY.
Words ending in PRAY
7 words end in PRAY. Useful as a back hook: play PRAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with PRAY inside
22 words contain PRAY in the middle. Words that start with PRAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PRAY
Common questions about PRAY
- Is PRAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRAY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRAY worth?
- PRAY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRAY mean?
- To address a god in words.
- What letters can be added to PRAY?
- PRAY takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PRAY:
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