SLEY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. SLEY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept SLEY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SLEY is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sleysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SLEY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SLEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What stands out about SLEY
- 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 SLEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A comb-like frame in a weaving loom that keeps the lengthwise yarns spaced apart and presses each crosswise strand into place.
This part sits inside the batten of a traditional hand loom and is usually built from thin metal or cane strips set close together in a wooden frame. Weavers use sley as a verb too, when they thread the vertical yarns through its narrow gaps before starting a new piece of cloth. The device has been used for centuries in hand weaving and is often known among textile workers as a reed.
How SLEY is used
Rare outside weaving and textile-history writing; unrelated to the verb to slay.
- The weaver adjusted the sley before starting a new length of cloth.
- Each strand of the warp passed through a narrow gap in the sley.
- A worn sley can leave uneven marks across handwoven fabric.
- He replaced the old wooden sley with one made of fine steel wire.
- Historians study antique looms to see how the sley shaped early textiles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SLEY
The 4 tiles of SLEY in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SLEY
1 longer words begin with SLEY.
Words ending in SLEY
4 words end in SLEY. Useful as a back hook: play SLEY onto a word already on the board.
Words with SLEY inside
7 words contain SLEY in the middle. Words that start with SLEY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SLEY
Common questions about SLEY
- Is SLEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLEY, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLEY worth?
- SLEY is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLEY mean?
- A comb-like frame in a weaving loom that keeps the lengthwise yarns spaced apart and presses each crosswise strand into place.
- What letters can be added to SLEY?
- SLEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SLEY:
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