RAYA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RAYA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAYA?
| 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 RAYA is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAYA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAYA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RAYA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does RAYA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A non-Muslim subject of the Ottoman Empire, also spelled raia or rayah.
Ottoman administrators used raya as a formal category for non-Muslim subjects, who paid distinct taxes and held a different legal status from Muslim subjects of the empire. Historians still use the term when describing the social structure of Ottoman-ruled territories.
How RAYA is used
Used in historical writing about the Ottoman Empire.
- The tax records listed each raya household separately.
- Historians describe the raya as bearing a heavier tax burden.
- The village's raya population paid tribute directly to the sultan's officials.
- Ottoman law defined the rights and duties of every raya.
- The document distinguishes raya families from the ruling class.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAYA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RAYA
The 4 tiles of RAYA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RAYA
3 longer words begin with RAYA.
Words ending in RAYA
1 words end in RAYA. Useful as a back hook: play RAYA onto a word already on the board.
Words with RAYA inside
13 words contain RAYA in the middle. Words that start with RAYA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RAYA
Common questions about RAYA
- Is RAYA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAYA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAYA worth?
- RAYA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAYA mean?
- A non-Muslim subject of the Ottoman Empire, also spelled raia or rayah.
- What letters can be added to RAYA?
- RAYA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RAYA:
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