SHAY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SHAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHAY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHAY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHAY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SHAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What stands out about SHAY
- The same 4 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 SHAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A light two-wheeled carriage.
Shay is a back-formation: chaise was heard as a plural, so English invented a singular that had never existed. The same mistake produced pea out of pease.
How SHAY is used
Countable: a shay, two shays. Historical.
- A shay carried two people and no luggage.
- The word shay was invented from a false plural.
- Pea came about the same way as shay.
- Two shays on the same road and one of them faster.
- A one-horse shay is an American phrase.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHAY
The 4 tiles of SHAY in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SHAY
5 longer words begin with SHAY.
Words ending in SHAY
1 words end in SHAY. Useful as a back hook: play SHAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with SHAY inside
3 words contain SHAY in the middle. Words that start with SHAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHAY
Common questions about SHAY
- Is SHAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHAY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHAY worth?
- SHAY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHAY mean?
- A light two-wheeled carriage.
- What letters can be added to SHAY?
- SHAY takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SHAY:
Open SHAY in the Word Finder