RAY is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAY?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAY is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 11 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in RAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about RAY
- The same 3 tiles also spell 3 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 RAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A narrow beam of light.
Ray does two entirely separate jobs: the beam, and a flat fish related to the sharks. The fish came into English from one Latin word and the beam from another, and the two have been spelled alike for six hundred years without confusing anybody.
How RAY is used
Countable: a ray, two rays.
- A ray came through the gap in the curtain and moved all morning.
- The ray lay flat on the sand and vanished.
- A ray of hope is the oldest cliche in the language.
- Two words spelled ray and no connection between them.
- The ray has a tail that can do real damage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RAY
The 3 tiles of RAY in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with RAY
24 longer words begin with RAY.
Words ending in RAY
Showing 24 of 52 words that end in RAY. Useful as a back hook: play RAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with RAY inside
Showing 24 of 268 words that contain RAY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RAY
Common questions about RAY
- Is RAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAY, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAY worth?
- RAY is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAY mean?
- A narrow beam of light.
- What letters can be added to RAY?
- RAY takes 11 hooks: 9 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of RAY:
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