RELAY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RELAY 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 RELAY?
| 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 RELAY is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RELAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
relaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RELAY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RELAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about RELAY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 RELAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A race in which team members take turns covering part of the course, each passing a baton or signal to the next before their own section ends.
The word relay comes from an old hunting practice of stationing fresh hounds or horses along a route so a tired animal could be replaced without slowing the chase. Modern relay races borrowed that same idea of a fresh runner taking over, turning it into one of the most popular team events in track and field and swimming. Beyond sport, relay also names an electrical switch that passes a signal along a circuit, and broadcasters still speak of a satellite relay when a signal is passed from one station to the next.
How RELAY is used
Common in sports reporting and everyday speech about teamwork, and also used in technical contexts involving signals or electricity.
- Their team won the relay by a fraction of a second at the finals.
- The final runner in the relay dropped the baton near the finish line.
- Engineers replaced the faulty relay that kept tripping the circuit.
- The broadcast used a satellite relay to send the signal overseas.
- Coaches spent weeks perfecting the handoff for the swimming relay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RELAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RELAY
The 5 tiles of RELAY in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with RELAY
3 longer words begin with RELAY.
Words ending in RELAY
3 words end in RELAY. Useful as a back hook: play RELAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with RELAY inside
4 words contain RELAY in the middle. Words that start with RELAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RELAY
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Common questions about RELAY
- Is RELAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RELAY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RELAY worth?
- RELAY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RELAY mean?
- A race in which team members take turns covering part of the course, each passing a baton or signal to the next before their own section ends.
- What letters can be added to RELAY?
- RELAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RELAY:
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